Mixed: A Colorful Story
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The reds, the yellows, and the blues all think they're the best in this vibrant, thought-provoking picture book from Arree Chung, with a message of acceptance and unity.
In the beginning, there were three colors . . .
Reds,
Yellows,
and Blues.
All special in their own ways, all living in harmony—until one day, a Red says "Reds are the best!" and starts a color kerfuffle. When the colors decide to separate, is there anything that can change their minds?
A Yellow, a Blue, and a never-before-seen color might just save the day in this inspiring book about color, tolerance, and embracing differences.
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Arree Chung. (2018). Mixed: A Colorful Story. Henry Holt and Co. (BYR).
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Arree Chung. 2018. Mixed: A Colorful Story. Henry Holt and Co. (BYR).
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Arree Chung, Mixed: A Colorful Story. Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Arree Chung. Mixed: A Colorful Story. Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2018.
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and Blues.
All special in their own ways, all living in harmony—until one day, a Red says "Reds are the best!" and starts a color kerfuffle. When the colors decide to separate, is there anything that can change their minds?
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Beginning with endpapers full of colorful, distinctive faces in primary hues, Chung presents the heavy issue of discrimination using vivid colors and precise text."In the beginning, there were three colors: " loud reds, bright yellows, and laid-back blues. But initial urban harmony soon gives way to suspicion and competition about which is the best color, leading to high brick walls and color-specific isolation. The story could end there and already be a timely response to current events. However, one day a Yellow and a Blue "notice" each other and realize their happiness lies in each other's distinct characteristics. Their relationship grows, and other colors take note, reacting negatively at first. Undeterred, the two "mix" (depicted as a wedding) and create a new color--Green--who embodies bits of each of her parents ("bright like Yellow and calm like Blue") but is also "a color all her own." Suddenly other Reds, Blues, and Yellows rediscover one another, too, and begin to mix, transforming the primarily black-and-white urban landscape, which is drawn in a graphic, eye-catching style. This book's simple and straightforward approach to confronting discrimination is age-appropriate without trivializing difficult, hurtful situations, offering children and adults excellent moments for discussion and personal growth. Mixed-race readers, especially, may appreciate the author's presentation of mixed-color characters as instruments of change and hope.A colorful story about celebrating difference as complementary and transformative. (Picture book. 4-8)COPYRIGHT(2018) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Reds, Blues, and Yellows (stick-limbed orbs with faces) lived "in color harmony" until discord led to a walled-off, divided-by-color city. When a Blue and a Yellow fall in love, marry, and create a new color (green), there's outrage ("Colors shouldn't mix!") before there's acceptance. This clever book's point about the folly of prejudice is reinforced by the visual loveliness when secondary-color offspring appear.(Copyright 2019 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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All special in their own ways, all living in harmony—until one day, a Red says "Reds are the best!" and starts a color kerfuffle. When the colors decide to separate, is there anything that can change their minds?
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