Color Chaos!

by Lynn Rowe Reed

Something quite strange is afoot at Colin's school. The new substitute principal, Mr. Greystone, has a million rules. He becomes so furious when students draw on his bulletin board that he bans colored art supplies, --which has an eerie effect on the once-vibrant school. But Colin's crayons don't want to stay put in the trash can, so they plan an escape. Will kaleidoscopic hues return to Hughes Elementary? This zany picture book will supply readers with plenty of laughs and a wealth of information about color theory.

Genres: Picture Books, Art, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2010

About the author

Lynn Rowe Reed is a prolific author/illustrator with twenty-five children’s books to her credit, thirteen of which she has both written and illustrated. Her books have been published by many New York publishers, including Random House, Disney, Farrar Straus Giroux, HarperCollins, Amazon/Two Lions, and Holiday House. Reed’s work, spanning nearly three decades, includes the illustrations for the hugely successful Punctuation Takes A Vacation.

Some of the recognition for her work includes a Children’s Choice Award, a School Library Journal starred review, a School Library Journal Best Book Award, a Bank Street College Best Book Award and a sparkling review from The New York Times!

Reed’s work from Pedro, His Perro and the Alphabet Sombrero was selected for a Best in Children’s Book Illustration show at the Museum of American Illustration in New York City.

Reviews

[Michelle Farella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book to introduce older children to color mixing.

[Marina · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story was chaotic. It didn't make sense. It reminded me of the Canadian cartoon within South Park.

[Evan Williamson · Rating 3 out of 5]

R is for Reed, Lynn Rowe “Color Chaos”

As reviewed by Edward Areteast, translated by Google Translate

Summary
Oh, it's pure art and history of pain. They suffer from color to see the world as the gods,that this little baby crying Rainbows. But ... What? Oh yes, this is not art. Clarity. Let meexplain.

This man wants to become an illustrator, I have a few things. After his mother to stick toflowers. Expresses its satisfaction. This is not an entity in this world, people do not wantto enter the Associate Director.

Thus, these human remains, which are sensitive to the color bar bastard. I swearrevenge, and the color wheel started to develop such ustroystva.Constructicons Voltronor a combination of their own power, the head of the color wheel. What is the name of the artist with the help of plug-ins, as well as the heroes and heroines, such as to remove the screw.

This is a work of art.

Edward, thank you!

Original Text:

Résumé
Oh, c'est une histoire de l'art pur et malheur. Que les dieux pleurent en-ciel sur ces petits enfants car ils voir la couleur essuyé de leur monde. Mais, bonjour ... qu'est-ce? Oh oui,c'est l'art. La pureté. Laissez-moi vous expliquer.

Il ya ce petit garçon, cette chose toute petite qui souhaite seulement d'être un illustrateur.Alors sa mère, elle lui achète la couleur de marquage des bâtons. Il est tellement excité.Entrez l'homme bâtard, le gars vice-principal qui ne souhaite pas que le monde soit tel qu'il est.

Donc, cet homme jette tout bâtard du marquage couleur des bâtons dans la poubelle où ils deviennent sensibles. Ils jurent vengeance et commencer à construire un tel dispositifqui est la roue des couleurs. Comme Voltron ou les Constructicons avant eux, leurs pouvoirs se combinent pour former de roue de couleur capitaine. Avec l'aide de l'artisteQuel est son plug Nom, ils surmontent l'homme bâtard et devenir des héros et des héroïnes.

C'est un morceau des maîtres.

Merci, Edward!

[Brenda · Rating 2 out of 5]

One day a boy decides he wants to be an illustrator and is given a box of 64 crayons. He decides to take them to school only to find out that his substitute is principal Greystone and he wont have art until the very end of the day. So the little boy decides to smuggle the crayons into the lunchroom and draws on Mr. Greystone's new board. The principal then collects all of the art supplies and plans to dispose of them but also removes the color from the school. A visit from illustrator Maurice Coleur helps to set things right. The book includes information about primary, secondary, and tertiary colors and the color wheel. There is even a short pop quiz at the end. The illustrations and text in this book just didn't work for me. I didn't like that the children were drawing on the principals wall and then his reaction of confiscating all the art supplies and throwing them in the trash. It was also strange that the lessons being taught were when the crayons were bickering amongst themselves.

[Nancy Jo Lambert · Rating 3 out of 5]

This a a fine book about a school with a very restrictive principal and some kids and crayons who decide the restrictions and colorless atmosphere must go! A fun read, but a little awkward in places. All of the "bonus features" at the end are a little much, but could be fun if not used as a lesson, but just as some fun information.

[Kathryn · Rating 1 out of 5]

The double storyline was not easy for my 5 year old to follow. I will see what the 8 year old who has more experience with art classes will think. I personally did not like it as I found both the crime and the punishment to be pretty goofy, the illustrations off putting, and the writing to be disjointed. I could see using this possibly in a classroom setting but not as a bedtime read.

[Gina · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't care for the story or the illustrations. The end of the book describes the color wheel and the differences between warm and cool colors and what happens when different colors are combined, which Emma really enjoyed.

[Donalyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book provides a basic introduction to color families and art terms, but the story was thin-- an obvious device for teaching concepts.

[Kim · Rating 1 out of 5]

Too old for most storytime audiences, and a terribly constructed story. Kids can smell a "learning" book a mile away, and that is certainly what this one is.

[Brandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This would be great to introduce a science lesson on colors. What colors mix well to make other colors. Good vocabulary is used as well.

[Nicole · Rating 1 out of 5]

Weak story used to teach color concepts.

[Janna · Rating 2 out of 5]

For older kids, main characters are school age. Story that leads to the color wheel.

[Bethe · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is okay, will pass it to the art teacher to see what she thinks. I don't remember a color called blue purple in my crayola box...

[Karen · Rating 2 out of 5]

A silly story with some great color theory -- that went straight over my five-year-old son's head.

[Edward Sullivan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lively, vibrant introduction to color concepts.