Yellow & Pink by William Steig

Two wooden figures, Yellow and Pink, are pondering how they came to be. Pink looks at the intricate detail of his design and points to a creator. Yellow tries to reason what could have happened over eons on time for natural events to have made them accidentally.

Reading Level: Ages 5-7
Read Aloud Age: 4+

This book is secular and does not mention God. However, it works well for an introduction to apologetics on the origin of man (ontology) from a Biblical worldview. While Pink can see his eyes, nostrils, and head are intricately designed, pointing to a Creator, Yellow is stuck on imagining probable, but highly ridiculous situations in which they could have been formed. Yellow’s reasoning is so preposterous and unlikely that it is humorous to young readers. Just as the book ends, it’s clear the designer walks up and grabs them, and gives them a new question to ponder: “who is that?”

For extension with my 5- & 7-year-olds, I asked these follow up questions:
1. Yellow and Pink are toys, but you and I are humans. Do we have a Designer?
2. What is some evidence that points to humans having a Designer?
3. Who does the wood maker at the end of the book represent in real life?
4. What made Yellow’s thinking so silly?
5. Who do Yellow & Pink represent in our real world?
6. (For older kids who have read other apologetics books) Can you spot any logical fallacies in Yellow’s line of thinking?

Language: Fat (as descriptive), dummy (as a name call)

This review is written by Good Book Mom contributor, Emily Russell. To learn more about Emily, click HERE.

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