#blogbookaday: Mixed: A Colorful Story

Summary:  “The reds, the yellows, and the blues all think they’re the best in this vibrant, thought-provoking picture book 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 anyting 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.” (Taken from Goodreads)

Review: The colors decide to live separately as they each think they’re the best and can’t agree. But, when a Yellow and Blue get married and mix, they create a brand new color that no color has ever seen before! A story about social justice, tolerance, diversity, and differences, this concept book excels at storytelling both in story and in illustrations.

Personal Reaction: The perfect story to share for Classroom Book a Day – Arree Chung has created a story that is not only a color concept book, but one that delves so much deeper into social justice themes. I really enjoyed that the book started with the colors getting along, until one color begins to believe they are better than everyone else. This shows how quickly your views can change, and for the worse. But as the colors choose to mix more and more, they finally see that encouraging separation is not doing the colors any service. Creating an opening to conversation about diversity, celebrating differences and tolerance this books will be extremely valuable for kids of all ages and the adults in their lives.

Title: Mixed: A Colorful Story
Author: Arree Chung
Illustrator: Arree Chung
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: July 3, 2018

This is a new idea I’m trying on my blog this year that was inspired by @donalynbooks and @heisereads – to provide a brief review of a picture book every day of 2018. You’ll get a brief summary of the story, a review of the content, illustrations and theme, my personal reaction to the book and all the pertinent publication information! Enjoy!