Red Is Not Angry, Blue Is Not Sad - Somos8 by Luis Amavisca & Alicia Acosta Hardcover

Book Synopsis

A light-hearted picture book which takes a different look at colors and emotions!

Three friends, Bear, Deer and Squirrel are having a picnic. They are waiting for their friend Fox to join them. When he turns up wearing his blue t-shirt, everyone assumes he's sad. Fox is confused - why do they think he is sad? He feels happy. Why does blue have to be associated with sadness? And why is red linked to anger? Fox wants to be free to like and wear all different colors!

After I Love My Colorful Nails and Benj's Doll, Luis Amavisca and Alicia Acosta are back together with this fun picture which looks at emotions without attaching them to colors.

También disponible en español. (Also available in Spanish.)

Review Quotes

This would be a fun addition to conversations about expressing emotions and recognizing them in others - Kids Read the World Blog.

Fox gets frustrated because his friends try changing what he is wearing to match his mood, yet rather than ending the story with his frustration, this book explains that colors don't have to match your mood. - YA Books Central.

This charming picture book is likely to inspire thought and conversation about colors, feelings, and preconceived ideas. - Shelf Awareness.

About the Author

Luis Amavisca is a well-known visual artist and children´s writer in Spain. He has worked and written about equality, solidarity, environment and non-violence. His Bang Bang I Hurt the Moon, was runner-up for the Most Inspirational Children's Picture Book in the International Latino Book Awards.

He is the author, along with Alicia Acosta, of two highly successful co-education books: I Love My Colorful Nails and Benji's Doll.

Alicia Acosta is a professional storyteller from Andalusia, Spain. Using her background as a psychologist, she works with children in schools to promote a love of reading. Her book, Little Captain Jack, was a finalist for the International Latino Book Award in the Best Children's Fiction Picture Book in English.

Anuska Allepuz has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal, awarded the Cultura Jeunesse Prize, selected in the Bologna Chidren's Book Fair, shortlisted for the AOI awards, highly commended for the Macmillan Prize for Children's Illustration, highly commended in FNLIJ in Brasil...
Her books have been translated into various languages, English, French, German, Italian, Danish, Finish, Dutch, Taiwanese, Swedish, Spanish, Catalan, Hebrew, Turkish, Korean...