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Color Chaos!

by Lynn Rowe Reed
32p. 978-0-82342-257-9.
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K-Gr 2 The students at Hughes Elementary School have a new substitute principal, Mr. Greystone. He has lots and lots of rules, of the "NO" and "DON'T" variety. Budding illustrator Colin brings his new giant box of crayons to school and he and his friends try them out on the new cafeteria white board. When Mr. Greystone sees the kids' contributions, he is furious and bans all art supplies and tosses the crayons into the trash. A special guest illustrator is alarmed by the grayness surrounding the children. Meanwhile, the art supplies plan a rebellion, making a color wheel that whirls out of the bin, bonking Mr. Greystone "silly." The dull principal then sees the error of his ways and finally realizes that "color matters." Reed's mixed-media illustrations are fabulous examples of color, movement, and humor. The spread where the guest illustrator walks from a vibrant outdoors into a gray school is inspired. This wacky, far-fetched story is an additional purchase for collections looking for books about color theory.-"Mary Hazelton, Elementary Schools in Warren & Waldoboro, ME" Copyright 2010 Media Source Inc.
A rule-bound principal prohibits color at school following a student-led bulletin-board graffiti incident. Personified crayons rebel, organizing themselves into a color wheel, and readers learn about primary, secondary, and tertiary colors as the crayons rearrange and re-inhabit the school. Rollicking mixed-media illustrations support the merrily chaotic story. More color vocabulary is appended.

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