Jamie is in a fun mood, a purple mood, when his mean older brothers shove him into gray. But his little sister asks him to draw her a picture, and both her enthusiasm and his drawing move him into green. So it goes, throughout the day, new colors matching Jamie's shifting moods.
This is a wonderful book for kicking off a discussion about feelings, enhancing a lesson on metaphors, or reviewing colors. It's great fun to read aloud, with a rhythm that flows to match the different moods. The illustrations further the goal of bringing each mood's color alive. I do wish is that the book had an easier title, though, as I forget the exact wording of it more often than not, which makes it harder to recommend to readers or to search for on the shelves.
Pre-K, EL (K-3) -- ESSENTIAL. Reviewer: Caryn
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