2026 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Colors

We’re going to look at colors for the Letter “C” today for the 2026 Blogging A to Z Challenge! Board books are often based on simple concepts for children including the alphabet, numbers, shapes, opposites, and of course – colors! Today’s colorful titles are sure to catch your little one’s attention as they explore all the colors of the rainbow and so much more in fun and exciting ways.

This list provides wonderful examples of interactive board books – books that are both reading material and toy. You’ll fund slides and flaps, textures, and more with interactive board books. All of these interactive parts help to encourage little ones to play with books and learn how to use them, information that is considered a valuable early literacy skill for kids! So, don’t be afraid when two little grabby hands want to touch and hold (and maybe chew!) on a book – that’s what we want, kids using books and experiencing them!

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2026 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Colors

Black & White In Color by Tana Hoban

Before babies can see color clearly, they respond to the high contrast between black and white. This accordion-style foldout board book is sturdy enough to stand on its own, is ideal for little hands, and features Tana Hoban’s bold and iconic black-and-white images of familiar objects along with full-color photographs of adorable babies interacting with those objects.

Showcasing everyday objects from childhood—for example, a bottle, a spoon, or a flower—Black & White in Color educates, entertains, and helps a baby’s developing brain make connections in an ever-expanding world.

Color Gallery by Isabel Otter, illustrated by Sophie Ledesma

Children are invited into the world of art and color in this bright, quirky board book! Colors as well as basic art styles, such as mosaics, portraits, sculptures, landscapes, and more, are introduced with the help of adorable animal friends. Questions for the reader on each spread encourage active reading, while a summary page of art styles at the end of the book allows for review and recall.

Flora and Friends: Colors by Molly Idle

An instant hit upon its release, Flora and the Flamingo now celebrates over ten years in print. In this vibrant new board book, Flora takes toddlers on a twirl through all the colors of the rainbow. Featuring big flaps to play with, this interactive board book will delight young children as they learn simple concepts in the charming company of Flora and her friends.

Learning with Llama Llama: Colors by Anna Dewdney, illustrated by JT Morrow

Llama Llama wants to paint but all he has is his lunch! Join the fun as he gets creative with his meal and makes a portrait of our favorite mama llama using orange carrots, green peas, and a few other items he sneaks from the fridge. Will Mama Llama be mad when she sees his colorful masterpiece?

Written in rhyme and illustrated by JT Morrow, this new Llama Llama colors concept board book is told through colorful food as Llama Llama makes art with his fruits and vegetables.

Rainbows In Bloom: Discovering Colors with Flowers by Darroch & Michael Putnam

This unique book is the first to fully explore the enormous variety of shades colors have, going far beyond the basic colors that are usually introduced to children in early concept books. Showcasing seven stunning floral arrangements, with a flower key at the back of the book, and clever gatefolds as well as search-and-find prompts for interactivity, fold-out pages open to reveal beautiful arrangements of flowers, in a variety of hues, organized in gradation, showing the extraordinary of rich variety of color in the natural world. The book features seven color pairs to illustrate the full spectrum, revealing the astonishing range of shades found between familiar colors – and showing how colors connect to one another.

Slide and Seek: Colors by DK

Part of DK’s new Slide and Seek series, Slide and Seek Colors will stimulate early learning in a fun and interactive way. Young children will love the slide elements and eye-catching illustrations, like a colorful sparkling rainbow and a red chugging tractor. The easy and clear text introduces different colors, and the sliders create an exciting reveal on every page.

The Smushkins: Colors by Claudia Rueda

When Smushkins shake a brilliant autumn tree, what do they get? A massive pile of red leaves to jump into! When a Smushkin twirls some cotton candy at the fair, what comes next? A cloud of pink! In a Smushkin’s world, dogs dig up bones in white snow, painters paint themselves into a purple corner, and friends jump together into luscious brown puddles. Reading a bedtime book might lead to a sleepy black doze, but check out the multicolored celebration with all the Smushkins at the end. Claudia Rueda mines the world of the familiar as her gentle characters introduce a rainbow of colors to the youngest of readers.

Touch & Feel Colors by Roger Priddy

The touch-and-feel element allows children to explore with their hands while they learn new words and colors. With 14 pages of fun, the fluffy fur and soft tactiles make Learn and Explore: Touch and Feel Colors the perfect early learning book for children.

Uni Paints a Rainbow by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

It’s stopped raining in the Land of Unicorns, and Uni is excited to bring back the rainbow!

Uni the Unicorn knew what to do.
A magical horn was just the thing to make the land brand-new.
Poof! Uni tapped a ripe strawberry…
red!

2026 is my eleventh year participating in the Blogging A to Z Challenge! This year, my theme is Board Books for Babies with a focus on providing book suggestions that parents and caregivers can share with, of course, babies, but also toddlers and preschoolers! Each letter of the alphabet will focus on a different subject and will provide nine titles for each subject. While there are dozens of classic board books out there, this list includes titles published in the past 5-6 years, so you’ll get to learn about new titles, authors, and publishers! Stop by daily to check out the new books and other posts that I’ll be sharing in April.