Kinda Blue

by Ann Grifalconi

Sissy feels lonely and blue until her Uncle Dan cheers her up by explaining that everything, even corn, needs special attention every now and then.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Library Binding

First published April 1, 1993

About the author

(September 22, 1929 – February 19, 2020) was an American author and illustrator of children's books. Born in New York, she studied art at the Cooper Union School of Art, where she received a certificate in advertising art in 1950.

Reviews

[Sophie Klockow · Rating 4 out of 5]

Connections: being different and needing special attention
Use in classroom: identifying emotions, and sadness

[Stacie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very lovely book about loss, sadness, love, and family with beautiful illustrations told in a southern voice that offers a sense of time and place.

[CKE387 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Emotional story with beautiful artwork!

[Jordan Paxston · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kinda Blue by Ann Grifalconi
Published April 1993 by Little Brown and Company
Picture book, multicultural realistic fiction
-A little girl feels sad and unimportant, but Uncle Dan is able to cheer her up. He takes her into their cornfield and relates the diversity within each ear of corn to how every human is special and unique.
-I choose this book because of the message and beautiful pastel, color pencil, and watercolor illustrations. This will inspire any student with low self-esteem and remind them how being different is a good thing.

[Teri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really nice story about feeling "kinda blue". Need to get this one through inter-library loan in our library system.

[Peacegal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Even little kids get the blues.