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TEN BOOKS To Learn About Colors

“Monsters Love Colors” “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, By Mike Austin What Do You See?” J-ER AUS By Bill Martin Jr. Monsters love colors. And more than that, they J-ER MAR like making new colors. They make each monster In this classic book illustrated by Eric Carle, a different color, mix new ones together, and in fantastically colored animals look around. All of the the end they create a rainbow. animals and their colors are named in review.

“Freight Train” “Red is a Dragon” By Donald Crews By Roseanne Thong J-ER CRE J-ER THO Learn about colors in this train-themed picture book. A young Chinese girl talks about the colors of A train with a rainbow of colors whizzes its way the objects she finds around her home and through city and town in this Caldecott Honor Book. neighborhood. Cultural glossary included.

“The Day the Crayons Quit” “Mix It Up!” By Drew Daywalt By Herve Tullet J-ER DAY J-ER TUL Duncan just wants to color, but in place of his This is an interactive book designed for the child to crayons he finds letters written to him. The crayons take initiative in the mixing of the paint colors have some grievances and Duncan has to solve displayed on the page. The child takes action and their problems if he wants them back. on the next page the result is shown.

“Planting a Rainbow” “Bear Sees Colors” By Lois Ehlert By Karma Wilson J-ER EHL J-ER WIL A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers Bear and mouse set out on an adventure, every year. Explore the colors of the rainbow running into many of their friends and many and the plants they make beautiful. colors along the way. You can point them out too!

“A Color of His Own” “Baby Bear Sees Blue” By Leo Lionni By Ashley Wolff J-ER LIO J-ER WOL A chameleon is discouraged that he changes all A baby bear sees all sorts of colors for the first time. the time and does not have a consistent color. He He leaves the den with his mother and she tells him wants a color all his own and in finding a friend to about all of the beautiful things that he is seeing. The match colors with he finds happiness. colors are named as he discovers them.

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