When Farmer Gray takes a trip, Blue Goose, Red Hen, Yellow Chick and White Duck decide to paint their black-and-white farm. Red Hen paints the bar...
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Jul 15, 2008
KT
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Farmer Gray drives away in his gray pick-up truck, leaving his colorless farm in the hands of a blue goose, white duck, red hen, and yellow chick. While he’s away, each of the four paints every bit of the barnyard in its own color: the duck paints the fence white, the chick paints the flowers yellow, the hen paints the barn red and the goose paints the barn roof blue. Soon the animals begin mixing colors: the hen and the goose paint the barn doors purple, the hen and the chick paint the shutte
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Jan 13, 2012
David
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Blue Goose by Nancy Tafuri follows the fanciful actions of Blue Goose, Red Hen, Yellow Chick and White Duck who decide to paint their black-and-white farm while Farmer Gray is away on a trip.
White Duck paints the fence white and Yellow Chick paints the flowers yellow. Red Hen paints the barn red while Blue Goose paints the barn roof blue. Then paint mixing begins. Purple doors, orange shutters and light blue sky result. Blue Goose and Yellow Chick pour their paint together to make g More...
White Duck paints the fence white and Yellow Chick paints the flowers yellow. Red Hen paints the barn red while Blue Goose paints the barn roof blue. Then paint mixing begins. Purple doors, orange shutters and light blue sky result. Blue Goose and Yellow Chick pour their paint together to make g More...
Sep 22, 2010
Jeanette
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Great book about colors and mixing primary colors to make secondary colors. My 2 year old adores this book and I've read it multiple times a day for almost 3 weeks. (So ready to take it back to the library.) :-P
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Nov 02, 2009
Cheryl
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I thought this was a very cute book, but it didn't really hold my two year old son's attention. At the beginning of the book, you have a blue goose, a red hen, a yellow chick and a white duck. The background illustrations are black and white. The four animals decide to paint their barnyard. They start out with the three primary colors plus white. (The colors that correspond to the animals.) After they paint some things with those four colors, they decide to mix colors together to create other co
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Jan 19, 2011
Emily
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Fairly standard, run-of-the-mill, basic color book. I've never personally seen a blue goose or orange shutters and a purple door on a barn, but just about anything goes color-wise in kids' books. My husband maintains that the size of the waddle on that hen makes it a rooster and when he reads the book he adjusts the text accordingly.
I like the inclusion of light blue - the combination of blue and white - which isn't very common in kids' color books that I've seen. Otherwise, nothing More...
I like the inclusion of light blue - the combination of blue and white - which isn't very common in kids' color books that I've seen. Otherwise, nothing More...
Apr 09, 2009
Fiction:
Mouse Paint
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
Could also do a "Feeling Blue at the Library" theme:
Combine these other books:
Molly and the Night Monster
The Deep Blue Sea - Audrey Wood
Blue / by Sarah L. Schuette
Nonfiction:
Activity/Movement/Song:
If you are wearing Red song on CD
Tune of "Happy and You Know It
If you are wearin More...
Mouse Paint
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
Could also do a "Feeling Blue at the Library" theme:
Combine these other books:
Molly and the Night Monster
The Deep Blue Sea - Audrey Wood
Blue / by Sarah L. Schuette
Nonfiction:
Activity/Movement/Song:
If you are wearing Red song on CD
Tune of "Happy and You Know It
If you are wearin More...
Feb 21, 2008
Tasha
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Farmer Gray goes away and Blue Goose, Red Hen, Yellow Chick and White Duck decide to paint the farm. Duck paints the fence white. Chick paints the flowers yellow. Hen paints the barn red. And Goose paints the roof blue. Then they start mixing colors to get purple, orange, green, etc. Farmer Gray returns to his bright colored farm, and then in the evening Blue Goose paints a wash of blue over everything as it turns dark.
It was that final touch of painting twilight over the farm More...
It was that final touch of painting twilight over the farm More...
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Mar 02, 2011
Susan
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This is such a cute book. I love that it teaches kids that blending colors will make a new color.
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Print motivation-this fun story with wonderful, bright illustrations will encourage children to love books.
Literacy skills:
Print motivation-this fun story with wonderful, bright illustrations will encourage children to love books.
Mar 20, 2009
Mollie
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A staple in my book collection for my day care kids under three. Great way to teach kids about the primary colors and the possibilities of creating new colors for a barnyard.
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Apr 27, 2009
Frank
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Both my kids really enjoyed it, though it was probably more at Elise's level than Frank's. I thought this is a cute way to review mixing colors.
Dec 28, 2011
Shannon
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The farm animals painted everything when the farmer left. That night the blue goose painted everything blue except the moon. Cute story.
Sep 02, 2009
Angela
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What an original idea! The big bright pictures caught my baby's attention. Would be great for kids learning about colors and color mixing.
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Feb 20, 2012
Teri
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FABULOUS! This is a great book about color-mixing! Two thumbs up--perfect children's book before an art project.
Jun 06, 2010
Suzanne
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Ella is being encouraged to learn the colors. She isn't that interested, but the books are cute and fun to read.
Jul 06, 2009
Kathy
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Fun read! Kids enjoy shouting out colors when animals mix red with blue or yellow with red!
Feb 08, 2009
Inspired Kathy
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Fun book to read. Teaches colors and mixing of colors. Simple pictures and text.
Dec 10, 2009
Tina
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"colors, farm animals, four farm animals paint their grey farm mixing colors as needed"
Mar 11, 2010
Molly
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A nice, simple introduction to colors. I used this is a baby storytime.
Mar 05, 2011
IrenesChristianReviews
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Farmer Grey drives off in his truck to go to town. While he is gone the animals paint the farm in all the primary colors. The animals are Blue Goose, Red Hen, Yellow Chick and White Duck. They mix their colors to make other colors and the farm is done just in time for Farmer Greys return.
Your child can learn about mixing colors and creating new ones. I enjoyed how the colors the animals painted with match their body color. I also enjoyed how they painted the different farm object More...
Your child can learn about mixing colors and creating new ones. I enjoyed how the colors the animals painted with match their body color. I also enjoyed how they painted the different farm object More...
Jun 30, 2011
Jess
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simple illustrations... i first read this as a picture book, then the board book version. cute concept!
Aug 12, 2008
Gwen the Librarian
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Nancy Tafuri's books are terrific for the toddler and pre-K set. This newest one is a great introduction to colors. A variety of animals live on a plain white farm. The different animals decide to help make it more colorful and go from primary colors to mixing new colors. Soon the farm is beautiful and colorful. This is one of my favorite color books.
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Jan 23, 2008
The Library Lady
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Overtones of "Mouse Paint" and this would combine well in a story hour with that other picture book about colors. Lots of young child appeal--another delight from an author who has never had a Caldecott winner, but always comes up with excellent creative books for the youngest readers.
Sep 15, 2008
Christy
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This is a great book about colors and mixing colors. The story is cute too. Reagan loves this book. We borrowed it from the library but we may have to purchase this one because she asks for it constantly.
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Jul 30, 2008
Kristin
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The illustrations are cleverly paired to the text, creating a unique story about the mixing of colors. Both of my kids loved it, and it would be a good choice for storytime.
Apr 23, 2008
babyhippoface
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This is an extremely clever little book about color and the way the primary colors mix to create secondary colors. Every elementary library should have a copy of this title.
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Jan 17, 2012
Jennifer
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Very fun book. It was a great way to teach about primary colors and mixing them to make other colors. And I love the ending.
