Warthogs Paint: A Messy Color Book

by Pamela Duncan Edwards

Preschoolers will learn about primary colors and how they mix to make secondary colors in this messy companion to Warthogs in the Kitchen: A Sloppy Counting Book.

Genres: Picture Books, Storytime, Childrens, Art, Humor, Animals, Juvenile

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Pamela Duncan Edwards is a British-born children's author living in the United States. She has written over forty picture books published in both the U.S. and the U.K., known for their playful language and engaging storytelling.

Reviews

[Diana]

I like the color blending, but the story itself was awkward to read. I wanted to like it more than I did, since it does a very nice job introducing both primary and secondary colors.

[Stacey]

Should be good for my rainbow storytime.

[Miss Sarah]

The warthogs and their mom are painting their kitchen and learning about mixing colors. Preschool and up

[Krysta]

Good picture book to teach color mixing. Silly and fun.

[Mayra Velazquez]

This is a great book that I would use for kindergarten because it teaches students about rhythm and the primary colors. Also I thought students would enjoy this book because it has many vibrant illustrations.

[The Book Box]

Mama read this to me while we were reading a lot of color books.

[Becky B]

The warthogs are bored and stuck inside on a rainy day, so they decide to paint their kitchen wall. These messy and accident-prone painters soon discover that by mixing red, yellow, and blue in various ways they can make other colors as well.

I've read this to several groups of kids in library classes over the years, and kindergartners just love the warthogs (an unusual animal) and their messy painting. It's a fun way for them to learn their colors and how certain colors can mix to form other colors.

A nice choice for art and kindergarten teachers.

[Teresa Garrett]

Clever way to introduce colors. In rhyming text warthogs are busy painting something on the kitchen wall on gloomy rainy day. In an effort to chase away the gloom warthogs experiment with mixing colors and brighten up both the kitchen and their day. PreK students loved that mixing primary colors made even more colors. They loved trying to guess what the final picture would be.

[Madison]

I really enjoyed this book, and picked it because it could be great in a kindergarten classroom. I think that I could use this book to teach students about primary colors, and how things can rhyme as well. I was able to stay drawn into this book with students because it made me laugh, and had a plot.

[Teresa Garrett]

Warthogs that have to stay inside because of bad weather decide to do some painting. They start with the primary colors and learn that mixing them makes new colors. Repetive text will appeal to younger readers.

[Literacy Group]

A family of warthogs are bored on a rainy day and decide to paint their house. They show the different colors including blue, red and yellow and what colors those can make when mixed together.

Grade K-1

[Anthony]

On a rainy day, the Warthogs decide to paint a wall using only the primary colors of yellow, blue, and red. However, their clumsiness leads to a messy mix of paints making a batch of different colors - green, orange, and purple which allows them to paint a very colorful rainbow on their wall.

[Clara Dearmore Strom]

Watch out! The warthogs are bored so they decide to paint a rainbow. Inside the house!

[Philip Burt]

This book about warthogs that can't seem to hold onto their paints not only shows children what happens when you mix colors, but also makes a neat connection between rain and rainbows.

[Janae]

The rhyming is clumsy, but it does do a good job of teaching colors (introduces primary colors first and then illustrates which colors to mix to form secondary colors).

[Lindsay]

colors, rain

[The Brothers]

Great book for learning how mixing colors produces new colors. Makes me want to paint a rainbow somewhere in my house!

[Michelle]

Cute. Still just mixing colors but the rhymes got the kids reading with me.