Color Zoo (1989)

by Lois Ehlert

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Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die-cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.

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Genre
Die-cut books
Picture books for children
Writing Style
Minimal text
Illustration
Big and bold
Colorful
Fanciful
Subject
Animals
Color
Shapes
Visual perception
Zoo animals

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lcslibrarian | Aug 13, 2020 |

This is an incredibly clever, fun book that teaches colors, shapes, and animals. Each page has similar images that change slightly by changing a cut-out shape in the page. Fun and colorful and great for young readers learning basics. (

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Caldecott Medal (Honor Book – 1990)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (1990)

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CCBC Choices (1989)

Early Math Project Children's Literature

NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (10th Edition: 1988-1992)

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Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die-cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.

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Lots of shapes and colors and animals in this book. It's a good book to look at, structurally, after "Go Away, Big Green Monster". I think some of the shapes the animals are forced into and some of the colors chosen end up being confusing for the preschool reader. This is not one of my favorite books to use for concepts.

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