The Great Blueness and Other Predicaments
by Arnold Lobel
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When a wizard discovered that each color he invented for the colorless world had a different emotional effect on people, he luckily had an accident which resulted in red apples, green leaves, and yellow bananas.Tags
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Absolutely delightful fable, with lovely turns of phrase, and highly detailed pictures of a charming village. Of course, the very last few pictures are the best....
Trees were blue. Bees were blue.
Wheels and evening meals were blue.""
Trees were blue. Bees were blue.
Wheels and evening meals were blue.""
This is a great children's story about a wizard who discovers how to create colors. It takes the reader to a magical world long ago where there were no colors, a time called 'The Great Greyness'. The wizard mixes up the color blue, which eventually makes everyone sad. He also makes the color red, which causes everyone to be angry! Soon, the wizard realizes that he needs all of the colors for everyone to be happy. I used this book for a vocabulary lesson for a small group of first graders, who seemed to enjoy it. There were numerous vocabulary words (tier 2) that are great to teach to young children. This book is on a second grade reading level.
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A creative wizard makes the world different colors one color at a time. The wizard soon realizes that the world is meant to be many colors not just one.
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/alobel.html This website has many useful resources related to this story and other Lobel stories. There is information on how to use Lobel to teach emergent readers.
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/alobel.html This website has many useful resources related to this story and other Lobel stories. There is information on how to use Lobel to teach emergent readers.
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Arnold Stark Lobel (May 22, 1933-December 4, 1987) was a popular American author of children's books. Among his most popular books are those of the Frog and Toad series, and Mouse Soup, which won the Garden State Children's Book Award from the New Jersey Library Association. Lobel won the 1981 Caldecott Medal for his book, Fables. Lobel also show more illustrated the works of other authors. A notable example is Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley, which was first published in 1969. He was born in Los Angeles, California. When he graduated from art school, he married Anita Kempler, who also achieved fame as a children's book author and illustrator. Lobel died ion December 4,1987 due to complications arising from AIDS. He was 54 years old. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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