Lively language and bright illustrations make this colors book a pleasure to read.

Lots of movement and repetition. Would make a nice addition to a color storytime. ( )

introduction to different colors and how you can blend different colors together to get new colors with funny monsters. ( )

Such a fun book to read with your kids if they are interested in learning about colors! The monsters in this book love colors and love to mix colors. Not only that but they love to scribble, mix, dance, and wiggle. Kids will have such a fun time learning about primary colors and how they mix to make other colors. My three-year-old wanted to read this book over and over because it was so vibrant and fun. This book will get your little monsters excited about colors!

Ashley C. / Marathon County Public Library
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MONSTERS LOVE COLORS written and illustrated by Mike Austin Harper Collins 978-0062125941 Ages 3-8 40 pages

For 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