A small girl playing in the natural world as the seasons change compares her own observations to what she’s been told. For example, they say the sea is blue, but when she holds it in her hands, the water looks clear. Other things she knows even when she can’t observe them: her blood is red and the yolk inside an egg is orange. A stream-of-consciousness narrative captures the inner thoughts of a young Asian girl as she experiences her world. Brightly colored acrylic and watercolor illustrations sweep across each page, offering continuity as time, colors, and the seasons change, and an artistic child learns to trust her own imagination. (Ages 4–7)

Now available as a board book, the award-winning They Say Blue is a playful, poetic exploration of color and point of view
 
In captivating paintings full of movement and transformation, we follow a young girl through a year or a day as she examines the colors in the world around her. Egg yolks are sunny orange as expected, yet water cupped in her hands isn’t blue like they say. But maybe a blue whale is blue. She doesn’t know; she hasn’t seen one.
Playful and philosophical, They Say Blue is a book about color as well as perspective, about the things we can see and the things we can only wonder at.