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A board book by Pip Trelawny COMING
One colour a spread, found around the village: orange Pilchard, blue boats, yellow oilskins, red bakery door — all the way to the gold evening sea.
In Pilchard's Colours, the littlest readers meet Polperran through clear, bright naming: orange Pilchard, blue boats, yellow oilskins and a red bakery door. Each spread pauses over one colour, letting the village feel close enough to touch. From quay steps green with weed to the quiet grey seal and the glow of the gold evening sea, this is a sturdy, sun-salted first look at a Cornish world.
Babies and toddlers will love the simple pattern of looking, pointing and hearing the colour named aloud. The language is intentionally short, giving grown-ups room for repetition, funny voices and delighted again requests. There is no peril, only recognisable village things to notice together, making it a calm lap-time read for first words, colour spotting and confident page-turning hands.
As part of the board-book strand of Pilchard's Polperran, Pilchard's Colours gives very young children their first gentle foothold in the shared village they can revisit as they grow. The boats, oilskins, bakery door, quay steps, seal and sea are small threads in the larger Polperran tapestry: everyday Cornish sights made familiar, friendly and full of naming pleasure.