Rainbow Joe and Me

"A blind musician shows a child new ways of creating colors in this exuberant debut. . . The radiant blues and browns and oranges she has chosen fire her simply composed urban scenes with joie de vivre. Heighten budding painters' awareness of the possibilities of color with this chromatic symphony."

"Strom debuts with a determinedly exuberant book about a cool young African-American artist, Eloise, whose fondness for bold colors and boldly outlined shapes is happily echoed in the full-bleed acrylic spreads.... This exploration of sensory differences and similarities is enlightening and enchanting."