I Want a Blue Banana

by Joyce Dunbar, James Dunbar

A child asks for fruit in bizarre colors as his mother searches for her grocery list.

1 pages, Hardcover

First published October 28, 1991

About the author

Joyce Dunbar is an English author of over seventy children’s books, best known for Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go To Sleep, This Is The Star, and the Mouse and Mole series. Born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, she studied English at Goldsmiths College before teaching drama until hearing loss led her to write full time in 1989. Her first children’s book appeared when she was 35, followed by works such as Mundo and the Weather-Child, which explored the experiences of a deaf child and earned critical recognition. Her stories have been adapted for stage, television, and interactive media, with Mouse and Mole becoming a 26-part animated series. She has also been an advocate for deaf awareness, cycling across Cuba for charity. Dunbar lives in Norwich.

Reviews

[Vicki · Rating 3 out of 5]

A silly book which hopefully children will catch the humor of the wrong color with the fruit the boy wants at the store.

The missing grocery list seemed to be not interesting to my little listeners that I shared this book with, but got a few giggles at the continual fruit mix-up.

[Taralee Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

(picture book) Kind of a duel story line with the child asking for oddly colored fruit as well as the mom looking for her shopping list. I personally would have liked it better if it had focused on just the fruit instead. But a good book for teaching or talking about colors