The Little Red Paintdrop
Due for Release in May 2027!
Little Red Paintdrop loves her all-red world — until a blue classmate, then a yellow one, show her there’s more beyond it. Curious and kind, she discovers a world bigger and brighter than she knew. Ages 4-8.
32 Pages (PB 34 Pages) · 229mm x 216mm · 2027
Description
In Red Palette Land, everything glowed in shades of ruby and scarlet, and Little Red Paintdrop loved being red. She felt safe in her red home, her red school, her red world — until, one morning, a little blue paintdrop suddenly sat in the middle of her classroom.
No one would sit beside him. Everyone only whispered. But whispering was never Red’s thing…
Bubbling with curiosity, Red slides into the empty seat and says hello — and a whole new world opens up to her. Blue was born here, but his family came from Blue Palette Land, across the Great Purple Bridge.
Inspired, when Red sees a glowing yellow paintdrop at recess, she doesn’t hesitate and immediately makes a new friend. As Red asks questions, listens and plays, she discovers that everyone carries somewhere — and someone — within them, and that the world is far more colourful, than she ever dreamed.
Warm, gentle and full of heart, The Little Red Paintdrop is a story about heritage, identity and belonging — about being curious instead of afraid and reaching out across our differences. Rather than insisting that love ‘sees no colour’, it invites children to see colour, celebrate it, and discover how much brighter the world becomes when we do.
