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My World of Color
My name faintly visible on front cover. Some wear to cover. Otherwise, crisp, clean cover and pages.
32 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2002
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Margaret Wise Brown
395 books1,219 followersMargaret Wise Brown wrote hundreds of books and stories during her life, but she is best known for Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny. Even though she died nearly 70 years ago, her books still sell very well.
Margaret loved animals. Most of her books have animals as characters in the story. She liked to write books that had a rhythm to them. Sometimes she would put a hard word into the story or poem. She thought this made children think harder when they are reading.
She wrote all the time. There are many scraps of paper where she quickly wrote down a story idea or a poem. She said she dreamed stories and then had to write them down in the morning before she forgot them.
She tried to write the way children wanted to hear a story, which often isn't the same way an adult would tell a story. She also taught illustrators to draw the way a child saw things. One time she gave two puppies to someone who was going to draw a book with that kind of dog. The illustrator painted many pictures one day and then fell asleep. When he woke up, the papers he painted on were bare. The puppies had licked all the paint off the paper.
Margaret died after surgery for a bursting appendix while in France. She had many friends who still miss her. They say she was a creative genius who made a room come to life with her excitement. Margaret saw herself as something else - a writer of songs and nonsense.
Margaret loved animals. Most of her books have animals as characters in the story. She liked to write books that had a rhythm to them. Sometimes she would put a hard word into the story or poem. She thought this made children think harder when they are reading.
She wrote all the time. There are many scraps of paper where she quickly wrote down a story idea or a poem. She said she dreamed stories and then had to write them down in the morning before she forgot them.
She tried to write the way children wanted to hear a story, which often isn't the same way an adult would tell a story. She also taught illustrators to draw the way a child saw things. One time she gave two puppies to someone who was going to draw a book with that kind of dog. The illustrator painted many pictures one day and then fell asleep. When he woke up, the papers he painted on were bare. The puppies had licked all the paint off the paper.
Margaret died after surgery for a bursting appendix while in France. She had many friends who still miss her. They say she was a creative genius who made a room come to life with her excitement. Margaret saw herself as something else - a writer of songs and nonsense.
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January 28, 2013
It is a very simple story and honestly I would give it 3 stars, but L has loved this story since she got the book 9 years ago. Loves it... So we reread it often.
April 12, 2013
A very good subject story about colors. Different colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple,gray, black, pink, brown, and white were described with examples. The book is also good for a related hands on activites afterwards. Check beforehand to make sure that all of the colors mentioned are available in activity choice. Good for older preschool & kindergarten kids.
February 16, 2017
Books that teach colors are great, but this one is lacking. "Red as red. . . Purple as a purple balloon." This literally tells me nothing. Also, in the illustrations, the colors that are being discussed are not showcased enough. Sure, there is blue on the blue page and red on the red page, but those should be the first things I notice, and it just wasn't that obvious.
March 11, 2022
Genre: Poetry
Grade Range: PreK - K
This book was cool as it went through all of the different colors, however their were some words in the book that little kids may not understand. This would be a okay book to use when teaching children their colors, but it would be better if the kids could relate color to things that they already know.
Grade Range: PreK - K
This book was cool as it went through all of the different colors, however their were some words in the book that little kids may not understand. This would be a okay book to use when teaching children their colors, but it would be better if the kids could relate color to things that they already know.
April 17, 2019
This book shows all different types of colors. This book would be great to read during art time. Children will love looking at all the different types of colors in this book.
October 12, 2019
Genre: Modern Fantasy Grade: K-4
This book has talked about colors. How the color of different things that are mentioned are rhyming to make it flow together.
This book has talked about colors. How the color of different things that are mentioned are rhyming to make it flow together.
November 18, 2020
A simple book of colors, yet discussed various things of each color. A strong rhyming scheme as well with beautiful pictures throughout.
December 8, 2021
This book was unique in that I hadn't seen so many things rhymed with color. It was quite entertaining.
May 21, 2024
Great for preschoolers!
October 21, 2024
A charming picture book exploring color. Lovely illustrations.
March 17, 2025
Some of these colors pairings felt very confusing. I wasn't a huge fan of the illustrations. Just a meh book to me over all.
November 13, 2014
My World of Color by Margaret Wise Brown, is a story about colors and the objects that represent that color. Each page describes a a color and describes the many objects or environment that represent that color. Each page is a new setting to represent the text written on the page. In the end the reader will know all the colors and objects to represent them.
This story by Margaret Wise Brown is a book full of rhyming and colors. The book is considered to be poetry because of figurative language throughout the book and the rhyming scheme that is continuous on each page. The illustrations represent the text written giving a visual to the reader to understand what the text is saying. The plot for this book is straight line plot. It never has a climax and continues to be the same for each page of the book. At the end of the book it goes through all the colors of the color wheel and puts an illustration with each color. This book is pretty stagnate and can become a little boring after half way through the story. Overall this book is good for early readers because it helps them understand the colors of the color wheel and how poetry is a part of reading.
This story by Margaret Wise Brown is a book full of rhyming and colors. The book is considered to be poetry because of figurative language throughout the book and the rhyming scheme that is continuous on each page. The illustrations represent the text written giving a visual to the reader to understand what the text is saying. The plot for this book is straight line plot. It never has a climax and continues to be the same for each page of the book. At the end of the book it goes through all the colors of the color wheel and puts an illustration with each color. This book is pretty stagnate and can become a little boring after half way through the story. Overall this book is good for early readers because it helps them understand the colors of the color wheel and how poetry is a part of reading.
November 13, 2014
"My World of Color" by Margaret Wise Brown is a great poetry book for children learning colors.
Not only does this book keep children peeled to the pages of colorful illustrations describing and show multiple examples of colors but it also shows them how that world is spelled and how it is put into our world. This picture book will give children the beginning knowledge of colors so they are able to look around their own world and pick out the many colors they see.
The plot is a straight plot with no climax or actions. This book simply yet creatively goes through every color from red to black. Each color is shown as happy and exciting. No other color emotions that might show through in another children's book apply to this novel because of the use of description.
The illustrations range from detailed to simple to show a point, the color, and then how they go into our actual world.
Not only does this book keep children peeled to the pages of colorful illustrations describing and show multiple examples of colors but it also shows them how that world is spelled and how it is put into our world. This picture book will give children the beginning knowledge of colors so they are able to look around their own world and pick out the many colors they see.
The plot is a straight plot with no climax or actions. This book simply yet creatively goes through every color from red to black. Each color is shown as happy and exciting. No other color emotions that might show through in another children's book apply to this novel because of the use of description.
The illustrations range from detailed to simple to show a point, the color, and then how they go into our actual world.
November 13, 2014
This book is all about different colors. It describes what objects or things have a certain color on them. Each page has a new color on it. It starts out with the color blue on a door and also end with the color blue on the door. It goes through the main colors and describes each one.
This book is great for a young child to have read to them. On each page it has a new color and pictures with that color on it to help describe the color. It is a very good visual learning book for a child trying to learn their colors. The words on each page have a picture to go with it. It is continuously rhyming and connecting words and colors and objects together. It has a circular plot from starting and ending with a blue door. The author wrote this book to help children understand or learn colors. This book is perfect for all children and teachers to use.
This book is great for a young child to have read to them. On each page it has a new color and pictures with that color on it to help describe the color. It is a very good visual learning book for a child trying to learn their colors. The words on each page have a picture to go with it. It is continuously rhyming and connecting words and colors and objects together. It has a circular plot from starting and ending with a blue door. The author wrote this book to help children understand or learn colors. This book is perfect for all children and teachers to use.
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December 6, 2014This book is a story that ties in colors with representation. There is no plot, but each page brings new representation of a color. The reader will be left with a sense of understanding each object that represents a color.
Margaret Wise Brown presents figurative language in a poetic way throughout the book with a rhyming scheme that is continuous on each page. The illustrations represent the text written giving a visual to the reader to understand what the text is saying. The straight line plot helps keep this book simple and easy to learn from for early readers.
Margaret Wise Brown presents figurative language in a poetic way throughout the book with a rhyming scheme that is continuous on each page. The illustrations represent the text written giving a visual to the reader to understand what the text is saying. The straight line plot helps keep this book simple and easy to learn from for early readers.
August 14, 2008
My 2 1/2 y/o old son liked this book a lot more than I did. It goes through all of the colors with a little rhyme (I guess you could call it) for each. I wasn't that excited by the illustrations or the rhyme, but he's asked for it several times, so it must be appealing to a toddler.
January 11, 2010
This is a book Nicole picked out and it worked well because the color and the word were present so she could read along with me and learn what the color words looked like. Pictures were fabulous.
January 29, 2011
Good book for learning colors.
April 21, 2013
very nice illustrations!
September 27, 2016
why did you chose these things??
also the end pages arent full of those colors, only partially. it would have been better if lots of the same color were used.
also the end pages arent full of those colors, only partially. it would have been better if lots of the same color were used.
April 11, 2017
Very cute book, about many of the different colors. My niece liked it pretty well, I liked it even better than she did!
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