My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.78 (502 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0670012858 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 40 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2013-05-13 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Poetry with a beat! robgirlbooks I absolutely love this book! We follow Jamie and his moods during the span of a typical day. I love the approach of associating colors with emotions. But then add a sort of freestyle rhyme to his thoughts as he shares his current mood and I was enthralled and reading with a big grin. I can't wait to work with both my boys on a mood/color writing project. This is the sort of book that surpasses entertainment into inspiration. I want to go old school, ditch the computer, and break out the notebook paper and yellow number two's. What a great start to their summer vacation reading! If you want to explore moods and emotions with your little . I love using this book to introduce discussion about feelings with I love using this book to introduce discussion about feelings with my students. It also provides a natural early introduction to metaphor. Though not all the feelings in the book are compared to foods, my students are always motivated to create their own feeling/food comparisons by thinking of their favorites or least favorites and a feeling that might relate. I use this book every year!. "I bought this book for my son and we love it! The text is so vibrant" according to Jaime W. Tae. I bought this book for my son and we love it! The text is so vibrant, not to mention the illustrations. My only complaint is that it took me too long to find it. I am hoping Amazon will work harder to feature MORE black children's book authors MORE prominently and MORE often.
From School Library Journal K-Gr 2-A boy describes each of the varying emotions he experiences in terms of color. When his little sister asks him to draw a dragon, a gentle green feeling comes over him, which turns black when his siblings snatch the picture and tease: "Awww-it's cwayon time." The book could be paired with Dr. . Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. Listening to music puts him in a purple kind of mood, while being evicted from the couch by his two bossy older brothers makes him feel gray. Seuss's My Many Colored Days (Knopf, 1996), which specifically discusses colors as they relate to moods, or Molly Bang's When Sophie Gets Angry, Really Really Angry (, 1999), in which the palette reflects Sophie's changing emotions. Evans's digital
What color is your mood?On a really good day, Jamie feels purple like the first bite of a juicy cold plum.And with a crayon in his hand, Jamie eases into a green feeling--like a dragon dancing through a jungle made of green jello.But when his brothers push him around and make fun of his drawings, Jamie feels like a dark gray storm brewing.What will it take to put Jamie back in a bright-feeling mood?Through Jamie, young readers will learn to describe how they’re feeling in a unique way.My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood is a 2014 Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book.