Warthogs Paint: A Messy Color Book - Hardcover

Edwards, Pamela Duncan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 078680470X ISBN 13: 9780786804702

Publisher: Hyperion, 2001

Synopsis

When some warthogs find themselves stuck inside on a rainy day, they decide to paint - first red, then yellow, then blue, they mix their colors and cover the walls (and themselves) with fun. Preschoolers will learn about primary colors and how they mix to make secondary colors in this messy companion to Warthogs in the Kitchen: A Sloppy Counting Book.

About this title

About the Author

Pamela Duncan Edwards has written numerous picture books, and Henry Cole has painted a lot of pictures (but he tries to be neater than a warthog). They are the creators of Dinorella: A Prehistoric Fairy Tale; The Wacky Wedding: A Book of Alphabet Antics; Ed & Fred Flea; Honk!: The Story of a Prima Swanerina; and, of course, Warthogs in the Kitchen: A Sloppy Counting Book. They both live in the Washington, D.C. area.

Reviews

reS-Gr 2-The exuberant stars of Warthogs in the Kitchen (Hyperion, 1998) return for more messy fun as they look for something to do on a rainy day. Armed with brushes and dripping cans of yellow, blue, and red paint, they head for the kitchen, intending to decorate a blank white wall. However, their clumsiness soon gets the best of them, and paint is spilled all over the floor. The artists watch excitedly as the three primary colors are accidentally mixed together to create green, orange, and purple, which they enthusiastically add to their masterpiece. At the end of the day, they sit back and admire the colorful rainbow that they have created. Although the rhymes are sometimes a bit forced, the rhythmic text keeps the story moving right along. Done in pen, colored pencils, and watercolors, the artwork is lighthearted and appealing. With their turned-up tusks and bristly brown fur, these creatures are appropriately bumbling and comical. Clean white backgrounds focus the eyes on the action and will help children keep the various color combinations straight. The names of the different colors appear in that color in the text, which also gets the message across. Purchase this if you are looking to supplement standbys such as Ellen Stoll Walsh's Mouse Paint (Harcourt, 1989).

Joy Fleishhacker, formerly at School Library Journal

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

The stars of Warthogs in the Kitchen: A Sloppy Counting Book learn a few things about the properties of primary colors in Warthogs Paint: A Messy Color Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illus. by Henry Cole. Stuck inside on a rainy day, they start out with their cans of red, blue and yellow paint and various spills and messes show them that blue and yellow make green, etc., until they create an indoor rainbow.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Ages 2-5. Children who enjoyed the lively antics in Warthogs in the Kitchen: A Sloppy Counting Book (1998) will feel right at home with Duncan and Cole's lighthearted picture book on colors. With nothing to do on a rainy day, the warthogs decide to paint the kitchen wall. Merrily, they troop into the kitchen, sloshing red, blue, and yellow paint on the floor and brushing it across the white wall in great, dripping swooshes. Messy spills of red, blue, and yellow offer opportunities to show how the primaries blend to make purple, green, and orange. The story ends with all the painters admiring their work: a rainbow mural ending in a brilliant orange sun. The floor and the warthogs themselves are spattered with every color of paint. The broad humor suggested in the rhyming text is amplified by the ink, pencil, and watercolor illustrations. This cheerful guide to colors doesn't just teach, it entertains as well. Carolyn Phelan
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Edition details

• Publisher: Hyperion
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 078680470X
• ISBN 13: 9780786804702
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32