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Blue Chameleon
By Gravett, Emily
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-44241-958-2
- Publisher
- Simon
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2011
PreS-K—A clever concept book with emotional punch and magnificent art is a rare treat. In Gravett's latest triumph, readers meet a despondent chameleon on the front endpapers. He searches for a companion, transforming himself to mirror the objects he finds: a yellow banana, a pink cockatoo, a swirly snail. Each spread sports only two words, plus the chameleon's speech bubble. "Howdy," he says to the cowboy boot. For "Gold fish," he contorts his body ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2011
Many a picture-book quest culminates in the happy discovery of others resembling the seeker. Visually, the lonely chameleon here could fit in anywhere. He adapts not only color but stance and action to mimic hoped-for friends—the svelte curve of a banana or a tail spiraled like a snail's shell; he hops expectantly after a grasshopper or, dejected, slumps on a rock. Finally, of course, he meets a member of h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
A lonely chameleon adapts color, stance, and action to mimic hoped-for friends (e.g., grasshopper, snail, striped sock). Finally...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
