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HMH Books for Young Readers (2007), Edition: 0, Hardcover, 32 pages
Description
"Red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, pink -- animals can be amazingly colorful. Why are they found in so many hues? How do their brilliant feathers, scales, shells, and skin help them survive? Find out ... how animals use color to warn predators, signal friends, attract a mate, or hide from their enemies"--Front dust jacket flap.
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1403-157
User reviews
LibraryThing member Jenny_Laura
Living Color does an amazing job of giving great examples of living things around the world that are different colors. The way that the author shows the animals' colors makes the pictures almost pop out at you! But not only do the pictures have an amazing effect, but how the author gives
I would use this book in a lesson for teaching about color and the various things around the world.
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information about the animals is an added bonus!I would use this book in a lesson for teaching about color and the various things around the world.
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LibraryThing member shomskie
A fun and informative book that explores the creatures that exisit in the animal kingdom and presents small facts and information about the various colors they take on. Colorful and detailed pictures fill the pages and grab the attention of the reader from the first page.
LibraryThing member leighanngoodwill
Yellow says, 'Better look twice.' Red says, 'I taste terrible.' Green says, 'I don't want a bath.' This wonderful nonfiction animal book is organized by animal color. Some colors warn predators, some colors attract mates, and some colors are camouflage. Almost every color has a purpose and this
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LibraryThing member LDGardner
Why are different animals certain colors? Jenkins explains at the beginning that animals have very clever and important reasons for their coloring, often protecting themselves from the dangers of the world. The book is broken down into different colors with the headlines, 'Red says...,' 'Yellow
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says...' etc., followed by large, colorful pictures of diverse animals of that same color. Each has a little clever saying in the same color, such as the trumpet fish, who says 'just ignore me' (his yellow color allows him to blend in with coral and avoid predators.) There are also little blurbs about each animal that tell, in more detail, exactly how the animal's color serves it in the wild. Show Less
LibraryThing member PeterSinclair
Jenkins skillfully outlines the colors of animals and what the colors means. The pages are separated by color and so vivid and enticing that you find yourself saying, "I didn't know animals could be that color", or why mammals are so drab and lack color. The back has an encyclopedia of the animals
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LibraryThing member linnaea44
This is a fabulous book for art, science, and creative writing. This book would help narrow down a students decision for a research assignment. I think this fun would be fantastic for a classroom and as a read aloud. The illustrations are so vibrant and really help with the description of the
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animals. It is very helpful to have the pronunciation for some of the harder to pronounce animals. At the very end the index is extremely helpful. Great informational book! Show Less
LibraryThing member sharty
This beautifully illustrated book focuses on the clues we can gain from an animal based on its color. The illustrations are vivid and the facts impressive.
LibraryThing member AndreaGough
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Well done book which groups animals (including birds, reptiles, fish and other sea creatures, and others) on the page according to color, then explains why each animal is that color/what it does for them (ie orange pygmy seahorses are thus to blend with tropical coral). Beautiful, vibrant
Recommended for ages 8-12.
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Well done book which groups animals (including birds, reptiles, fish and other sea creatures, and others) on the page according to color, then explains why each animal is that color/what it does for them (ie orange pygmy seahorses are thus to blend with tropical coral). Beautiful, vibrant
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cut-paper illustrations and intriguing subheadings for each animal (Don't touch! or "Don't eat me... I'm here to help) that will pull kids in to learning about each animal. 5 pages at the end provide more information on each animal depicted, including length, habitat, and diet.Recommended for ages 8-12.
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LibraryThing member ShellyCBuchanan
This stunning information book is loaded with surprises. Did you know that the Portuguese Man of War is not a jellyfish, as it appears, but rather a roving colony of thousands of smaller creatures called polyps? Steven Jenkins dramatically showcases some of the most fascinating and colorful animals
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one has ever heard of, or not heard of as the case may be. He organizes the animals by color and explains in common, kid-friendly terms how the color suits that particular animal. Jenkins artful collage cleverly arranged on each page make this treasure one for the eye as well as for the mind. There is an index of the animals in the back of the book with additional information about them. Show Less
LibraryThing member jlbenson
This book described different colors in the animal world and ways that colors are used. The content was informative, but probably best suited for upper elementary. The illustrations were eye-catching. The colors were bold and vibrant! I liked how the pictures looked somewhat lifelike. The way that
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some of the illustrations were done also showed texture on the page. For instance, one picture captured the feather-like texture on a great hornbill bird. Because the colors are bold and vibrant, I might use this book to teach colors! I think young children would be captivated by the pictures. Show Less
LibraryThing member sprovost
This book describes reasons for the various colors that are found out in the animal world. It provides information about the relationship between the color of an animal’s feathers, scales, fur, skin, or other features on its body and how the color helps it to survive. He comments on animals that
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have the following colors: red, blue, green, yellow, orange, purple, and pink. Show Less
LibraryThing member Day4
With the amount of color this book contains, it is very appealing with the children who want to learn about how colors affect the world around us. It provides insight to a world of vivid color and imagination that not a lot of people know about.
LibraryThing member jenhope
I thought that this book was very useful and exciting to read. It had great information about all sorts of different animals and creatures that are the same color. You could easily use this in any elementary school classroom and have it been a cool science experiment or project.
LibraryThing member hetrickm
This book can be used in the classroom very easily. Either in a life science unit for discussing defense mechanisms or in a unit on colors for kinders. The imagery is very well done.
LibraryThing member JenRobYoung
This is a wonderful Nonfiction book that introduces various animals, birds, insects and fish through the use of color. Small informational sections on each animal are next to a wonderful illustration.
LibraryThing member adw1723
This is a really great book. I really enjoyed the bright colorful illustrations. I love how the book is divided up with pictures and details at the bottom. The book taught me how the different animals and insects use their colors for protection, mating, indicate maturatity, attraction, or
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camoflauge. It was really interesting to find out these many details. I would recommend this book for anyone classroom. Show Less
LibraryThing member MarissaFay
Wow! What a great deal of information! I was fascinated reading this book, I learned a ton about different animals, some of which I had never even heard of. I think this would be a great book to have in the classroom, as children love learning about animals. I look forward to reading more Steve
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LibraryThing member shungate
Living Color is a book about animals and the different colors they come in. It goes through every different color; red, blue, yellow, green, orange, pink and purple. It was interesting to see the animals that you would not expect in the colors. For example a red salamander and a blue frog are in
This book is nonfiction, informational book.
I liked this book because it is fun and looks entertaining for children. It was interesting to learn about how animals come in all different colors of the rainbow.
This is an excellent book to use to teach children. It teaches them a lot about animals while also enhancing their reading skills. I like how the book is really informational and yet interesting and fun to read for children.
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the book. At the end they have a list of all the animals in the book with their size, habitat, diet and an interesting fact about them.This book is nonfiction, informational book.
I liked this book because it is fun and looks entertaining for children. It was interesting to learn about how animals come in all different colors of the rainbow.
This is an excellent book to use to teach children. It teaches them a lot about animals while also enhancing their reading skills. I like how the book is really informational and yet interesting and fun to read for children.
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LibraryThing member brittneydufrene
I love the detailing and colors of the pictures. The pictures are so beautiful and stand out very well, giving you a reason to want to read it. This book goes into details as to why different animals are all different colors. For protection, signal, friends, attract a mate, etc. Its very
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informative and good for a science class. Show Less
LibraryThing member sbpagac
This is a great book about all the differently colored animals and why they are the color that they are. It explains how they use their color to hide from prey, attract mates, and more. It features both familiar animals and animals that I've never even heard of before. The strenth in this book is
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that children will learn that there is a reason to why animals are the colors they are and that it's not just about their looks. Show Less
LibraryThing member mouaamy
I love the multi-color of the pictures. The enlarge pictures makes it more easily to look at and the paragraph forms of text are easy to read; it makes it easier to gather information.
LibraryThing member Victoria_Martin
Steve Jenkins beautiful illustrations are eye-catching. Children and adults can easily be drawn in to the wonder and mystery of these colorful animals and their stories.
LibraryThing member amberlanda
I thought this was an excellent book. It would be a great book to use when teaching young students about non fiction because it has lots of information that would be new to students but it is presented in a simple way. I also think it would be fun to have students create collage art similar to that
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LibraryThing member JTNguyen
Living Color is a vibrant book of color about living animals and what the message of their colors mean.
LibraryThing member dulcenash
The author gives information about the natural life. It explains in a very beautiful manner the way colors red, blue, yellow and many more represent the life in different animals and even insects. This is one of the books on the top of my list. I would really like to use this book in my class
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activities when learning about the living things around the world. Show Less
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Awards
Orbis Pictus Award (Recommended Title — 2008)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Nonfiction — 2010)
Colorado Book Award (Winner — Children's Literature — 2008)
CYBILS Awards (Finalist — Nonfiction Picture Books — 2007)
CCBC Choices (2008)
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Physical description
32 p.; 9.49 x 0.35 inches
ISBN
0618708979 / 9780618708970
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