One
Blue is a quiet color. Red’s a hothead who likes to pick on Blue. Yellow, Orange, Green, and Purple don’t like what they see, but what can they do? When no one speaks up, things get out of hand — until One comes along and shows all the colors how to stand up, stand together, and count. As budding...
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Blue is a quiet color. Red’s a hothead who likes to pick on Blue. Yellow, Orange, Green, and Purple don’t like what they see, but what can they do? When no one speaks up, things get out of hand — until One comes along and shows all the colors how to stand up, stand together, and count. As budding young readers learn about numbers, counting, and primary and secondary colors, they also learn about accepting each other's differences and how it sometimes just takes one voice to make everyone count.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780972394642 (0972394648)
ASIN: 972394648
Publish date: October 1st 2008
Publisher: KO Kids Books
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Childrens,
Academic,
School,
Science,
Art,
Parenting,
Kids,
Picture Books,
Storytime,
Relationships,
Mathematics
The design of this picture book is clever with the colors and words corresponding in the text and then corresponding to their place within the word count when they transform into numbers. It contains a great lesson on acceptance and standing up for yourself. Ultimately though I thought I would enjoy...
8/2/13 ** I read this on the first day of school as the students and I began our discussion about the anti-bullying contract. The students began spontaneously chiming in with some of the rhythmic language. I hope that this becomes a benchmark text - one we return to again and again when we see peo...
Perhaps a tad heavy-handed with the message, but the simple splotches of paint are effective, and the message is refreshing. Most stories about bullies are resolved by direct confrontation, whereas this one stresses the importance of by-standers getting involved. Then again, that may not be a lesson...
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