• General Recommendations
  • Staff-Created List

High-Contrast Picture Books

This collection of high-contrast picture books features bold, graphic illustrations and simple text. High contrast between colors helps young children focus on the images and follow along with the stories, and provides an accessible reading experience for children with low vision.

Canton Public Library

22 items

  • Follows the life of an apple throughout the year, demonstrating the cyclical patterns in nature.
    Picture BookNew York : Abrams Appleseed, 2012 — J PICTURE BOOK MCC
  • An artist paints the world as seen through the imaginative eyes of a child.
    Picture BookNew York : Philomel Books, c2011 — J PICTURE BOOK CAR
  • This vibrantly illustrated tale encourages kids to be proud of what makes them unique, where they come from, and how they express themselves and see the world.
    Picture BookNew York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2016 — J PICTURE BOOK PAR
  • A moving tale about friendship, new beginnings and cats.
    Picture BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2017 — J PICTURE BOOK COO
  • A black cat who only ever goes out during the day and a white cat who only goes out at night meet in the middle and start a beautiful relationship together.
    Picture BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015 — J PICTURE BOOK BOR
  • Circle dogs live in a square house with a square yard, eat circle snacks and dig circle holes.
    Picture BookNew York : Greenwillow Books, c1998 — J PICTURE BOOK HEN
  • Three dancers show how colors combine to create different colors.
    Picture BookNew York : Greenwillow Books, c1989 — J PICTURE BOOK JON
  • Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.
    Picture BookNew York : Lippincott, c1989 — J PICTURE BOOK EHL
  • Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities and over trestles.
    Picture BookNew York : Greenwillow, c1978 — J PICTURE BOOK CRE
  • Chicken's visitors try to jump, dance and wiggle on his couch, which is much too tiny for such exuberant activities.
    Picture BookNew York : Beach Lane Books, c2011 — J PICTURE BOOK THO
  • A cat and mouse chase demonstrates such concepts as deep and shallow, scary and scared, and beginning and end.
    Picture BookGrand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2013 — J PICTURE BOOK RUE
  • Once upon a time, there was a library that only opened at night. Step inside and meet the little librarian and her three assistant owls.
    Picture BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2014 — J PICTURE BOOK KOH
  • Three white mice discover jars of red, blue and yellow paint and explore the world of color.
    Picture BookSan Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1989 — J PICTURE BOOK WAL
  • Jim the cat describes his favorite places inside and outside his house.
    Picture BookNew York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016] — J PICTURE BOOK BAR
  • Night Owl loves the nighttime, but when he doesn't see his mother, he listens for her and hears all the different sounds of the night.
    Picture BookNew York : Feiwel and Friends, 2015 — J PICTURE BOOK YUL
  • To an imaginative little bunny, a box is not always just a box.
    Picture BookNew York : HarperCollins, c2006 — J PICTURE BOOK POR
  • Blue like the raindrops, green like the soft grass, yellow like the warm sun—this is the story of how the rainbow snail came to be.
    Picture Book[New York] : Boxer Books, 2023 — J PICTURE BOOK AKE
  • Mr. Gilly, the demolition man, uses his noisy construction equipment to knock down old buildings and clear away the mess so something new can be built in their place.
    Picture BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — J PICTURE BOOK ZIM
  • A group of cats sleep and play, until they decide to start stacking and unstacking.
    Picture BookNew York : Abrams Appleseed, 2017 — J PICTURE BOOK GHA (1,2,3)
  • From crafting a radiant sun with just one dot to bringing a fox to life with two, or even transforming eight dots into the wheels of a bustling train, this counting book shows what can be done with 10 black dots.
    Picture BookNew York : Greenwillow Books, c1986 — J PICTURE BOOK CRE (1,2,3)