Monsters Love Colours. By Mike Austin (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
A delightfully chaotic introduction to colors, Monsters Love Colors provides a short, fun read. With many scribblings reminiscent of preschoolers the monsters declare their love for various colors starting with red, yellow, and blue. Gray monsters gradually decide what colors they want to be and the primary colors mix those colors for them, until the last one. What will he choose when another monster chooses the color he wanted? A creative way to teach children about colors and how mixing the primary colors provides additional colors and how they all combine to create a rainbow. Child tested and librarian approved. MONSTERS LOVE COLORS written and illustrated by Mike Austin Harper Collins 978-0062125941 Ages 3-8 40 pagesFor everyone out there who works with the wiggly variety of the human species, here is a fabulous book guaranteed to capture the squirmiest of squirmers and to sneak some book learnin' into their heads while they aren't noticing. We're teaching colors here like nobody else and it turns out colors are really FUN!Forget ROYGBV and move on up to monsters! "Monsters love to scribble, scribble, mix, dance, and wiggle!" You get my drift. They're a mishin' and a mashin' and a squishin' and a squashin'! And they LUVVVV new colors! So bust out that red...the one that roars and snores and "more!"How about yellow? Anybody want to claim yellow? This is no wimpy color either. This is the yellow that will "prowl and howl and growl." Every monster has his or her favorite color and hey, did you know you can mix the colors and make new colors? "And what new favorite color can we make for you?" They are having an all out blast mixing up those colors with a scribble scribble here and a dance dance there. This would make a great read aloud for young artists in the making who can't wait to make everyone's life a little more colorful! Over the rainbow,Barb
What do You think about Monsters Love Colours. By Mike Austin (2013)?
Another one for art and preschool teachers. Reminds me out Color by Ann Jonas and Mouse Paint.
—paprika90
Those wild kiddos will love this wild, wiggly monster book.
—Minchenko
