Who Said Red

"I said RED!" says the little boy out playing on the farm with his older sister.
"You don't mean green? Look, here is green..." she teases. "A pickle green. A big frog green. A leaf, a tree, a green bean green."
But the boy means RED. "A cherry, berry, very red."
They romp through the pages, from "blue jean blue" to "yellow, bright and mellow..." and on to purples, brown, orange, pink and black...
But through it all, the boy said RED!
In this wonderfully unusual concept book, primary and secondary colors go first class!

PreSchool-Grade 2 "Who said red?" asks the little girl of her younger brother. And despite her attempts to distract him with a litany of other colors, he insists that what he wants is definitely "red." In the end the reason becomes clear as he rescues his "cherry, berry, very red" kite from the bush in which it is was caught. This concept book concentrates on the primary colors with just a brief mention of the secondary hues. Narahashi's soft watercolor illustrations depict views of farm life, focusing on animals, foods, and everyday people and objects when the text calls for specific color identification. Each overview spread includes the objects which will be seen in a close-up, so that children can sense the relationships of the specific to the general. Although the rhyming pattern may vary, the rhythm of the text is clear, making the book especially fine for preschool audiences. More advanced than Reiss' Colors (Bradbury, 1969) , yet not as sophisticated as Tison and Talus' The Adventures of the Three Colors (World, 1971; o.p.) , this book is sure make a splash in collections serving young children. Nancy Menaldi-Scanlan, Wheeler School, Providence, R.I.
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