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Kid Tea
Monday, fun day, mud-pies-in-the-sun day. What do you get when you dunk two muddy kids in a bathtub full of clean water? Kid Tea! The water in the tub changes color to match the food the brother and sister ate or the things they played with during the day. Brown for mud, purple for popsicles?a different color of "kid tea" for each day of the week! Kids will enjoy the repetitive, sing-song "Dunk me in the tub, please, for blue kid tea!" Glin Dibley’s playful art rendered in acrylic, color pencil, and digital techniques lends a hand in helping children learn about colors and the days of the week.
26 pages, Board Book
First published March 1, 2007
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September 12, 2014
I don't understand why these siblings do everything together, but when it's time to play with Mom's makeup only the girl is shown, and when it's time to play football outside, only the boy is shown. THIS IS DESTRUCTIVE, GENDER-BIASED WRITING AND WE HAVE TO MOVE BEYOND THAT. It is not ok with me to teach our youngest, most impressionable minds that the shape of their bodies has any impact on their interests, passions, and choices.
The rest of the book is a bouncy rhyming story with cute pictures that could work for a lot of themes - days of the week, colors, playing, bathtime, tea parties, siblings - but I almost certainly would never choose to use it. It isn't just the problematic gender roles; the kids also wrap up their week by going to church on Sunday, and that isn't storytime-friendly.
The rest of the book is a bouncy rhyming story with cute pictures that could work for a lot of themes - days of the week, colors, playing, bathtime, tea parties, siblings - but I almost certainly would never choose to use it. It isn't just the problematic gender roles; the kids also wrap up their week by going to church on Sunday, and that isn't storytime-friendly.
January 7, 2020
This book is about a brother and sister who Monday through Saturday get dirty by either the food they eat or what they play in. When it comes time for bath the colors make their way into the bathtub which they announce as that color tea. This happens all except for Sunday in which they stay clean so their bath water does not change. At the end they say to wait until Monday. For this book a teacher could read it aloud to the student and then have the students imagine what colors could come next. They would pick a color that the bath water could change into. They would have a write a story for color that they chose and what happened to get the children this way. I would do this in the younger elementary grades.
January 30, 2020
This is a fun story that details the messy activities of two siblings throughout the week. Each day creates a new color in the bathtub, thus creating 'kid tea.'
The illustrations, "rendered using pencil, acrylic, and Photoshop in a mixed-media technique," are cartoonish and the color for each day is very predictable and vibrant.
The narrative is short and repetitive, perfect for reading with younger children. Overall, it's a fast, fun read.
The illustrations, "rendered using pencil, acrylic, and Photoshop in a mixed-media technique," are cartoonish and the color for each day is very predictable and vibrant.
The narrative is short and repetitive, perfect for reading with younger children. Overall, it's a fast, fun read.
January 6, 2021
Based on how they get messy, the "kid tea" or bathwater is a different color each day of the week. I disliked the gendering of "Thursday, girls day, Mommy's-heels-and-pearls day" (showing lipstick, nail polish, curlers, heels and ONLY the sister) and the "Friday, my day time-to-play-outside day" (showing football, baseball, and soccer and ONLY the brother).
May 10, 2024
fun rhyming book
Fun rhyming book I enjoyed reading it to my two daughters. My oldest daughter thinks it’s super boring and the youngest one thinks it deserves a three out of five, but I think it’s a five out of five. Complainers… am I right?
Fun rhyming book I enjoyed reading it to my two daughters. My oldest daughter thinks it’s super boring and the youngest one thinks it deserves a three out of five, but I think it’s a five out of five. Complainers… am I right?
August 29, 2017
Cute, but it makes me want to vomit a little!
November 7, 2019
so cute. it's about a kid who gets messy while eating things of a certain color, then the bath water turns that color. cute, could be interactive if they guess the color.
July 23, 2020
Concept - colors
October 17, 2020
such a happy colorful read ... well done. if you have KU ... I am new to Elizabeth's writing. well done.
March 1, 2025
Boooooo
Not good. Too much rhyming, not enough character development. I predicted it was the butler after the first page. No twist.
Not good. Too much rhyming, not enough character development. I predicted it was the butler after the first page. No twist.
September 12, 2025
fun-book-to-read-day
This is a very fun book to read to your children, between the clever rhymes and the oddly engaging illustrations- it’s tea-rrific!
This is a very fun book to read to your children, between the clever rhymes and the oddly engaging illustrations- it’s tea-rrific!
October 28, 2025
No hidden message but lots of rhymes.
December 16, 2025
What a fun read!
I ask my kids what color kid tea did they like the best: My 2 year old said, “I want blue one.”
I ask my kids what color kid tea did they like the best: My 2 year old said, “I want blue one.”
September 19, 2011
Concepts in this story include days of the week and colors.
We're having an "Alice in Wonderland" Tea Party Story Time today. Before sharing this story we...
reviewed Alice’s Adventures using Robert Sabuda's pop-up Alice, stopping at the page featuring the tea party. We invited the children to name the guests with us and ended by talking about the sleeping dormouse. Then we sang...
Song #1: Sleepy Dormouse (tune “Are You Sleeping?”)
Sleepy Dormouse, sleepy dormouse,
Please wake up, please wake up.
Come and join the party, come and join the party,
Have some fun, have some fun.
Suggestion: Invite the children to sing with you but change the last line to any action (roll your arms, blink your eyes, etc. until you or the group is ready to move on.
Verse to share: The Tea Party by Jessica Nelson North
I had a little tea party This afternoon at three.
‘Twas very small--
Three Guests in all-- Just I, myself, and me.
Myself ate all the sandwiches,
While I drank up the tea;
‘Twas also I who ate the pie And passed the cake to me.
After three pages invite the group to count to three and then turn the page, revealing the color. On another page invite them to count backwards (3-2-1) and turn the page. On the rest of the pages invite the group to guess the color. This game adds suspense and an element of fun. Most important, it invites participation.
We're having an "Alice in Wonderland" Tea Party Story Time today. Before sharing this story we...
reviewed Alice’s Adventures using Robert Sabuda's pop-up Alice, stopping at the page featuring the tea party. We invited the children to name the guests with us and ended by talking about the sleeping dormouse. Then we sang...
Song #1: Sleepy Dormouse (tune “Are You Sleeping?”)
Sleepy Dormouse, sleepy dormouse,
Please wake up, please wake up.
Come and join the party, come and join the party,
Have some fun, have some fun.
Suggestion: Invite the children to sing with you but change the last line to any action (roll your arms, blink your eyes, etc. until you or the group is ready to move on.
Verse to share: The Tea Party by Jessica Nelson North
I had a little tea party This afternoon at three.
‘Twas very small--
Three Guests in all-- Just I, myself, and me.
Myself ate all the sandwiches,
While I drank up the tea;
‘Twas also I who ate the pie And passed the cake to me.
After three pages invite the group to count to three and then turn the page, revealing the color. On another page invite them to count backwards (3-2-1) and turn the page. On the rest of the pages invite the group to guess the color. This game adds suspense and an element of fun. Most important, it invites participation.
August 4, 2016
Originally rated G by Sue Couch
This story emphasizes colors and days of the week. The story shows the children involved in a variety of kid activities, such as football, games and enjoying popsicles. As a result, bath time gives different colored water called “Kid Tea”. The children have fun as shown in the colorful lively illustrations. The wording is a sing-song rhyme. Each day is depicted in a primary and secondary color. Red, blue, and purple kid’s tea! The story is a repetitious rhyme that ends up in the wash.
The pencil, acrylic, and Photoshop art is in brilliant Popsicle cool-aid type colors that give a throw back to an adult’s childhood.
This story emphasizes colors and days of the week. The story shows the children involved in a variety of kid activities, such as football, games and enjoying popsicles. As a result, bath time gives different colored water called “Kid Tea”. The children have fun as shown in the colorful lively illustrations. The wording is a sing-song rhyme. Each day is depicted in a primary and secondary color. Red, blue, and purple kid’s tea! The story is a repetitious rhyme that ends up in the wash.
The pencil, acrylic, and Photoshop art is in brilliant Popsicle cool-aid type colors that give a throw back to an adult’s childhood.
October 2, 2014
Reading this book, I knew that there would be at least a couple of reviews knocking it for the gender stereotypes of activities for the children within. In this case, it's not just a case of over sensitivity, it really is an unnecessary and unfortunate differentiation that just isn't called for.
The parents really need to do some sort of pre-rinse cycle with these messy kids.
The parents really need to do some sort of pre-rinse cycle with these messy kids.
March 26, 2008
Rhythmic strings of percussive rhyme and a reliably repetitive refrain give this colourful celebration of the simple joys of summer the begging-to-be-memorized-and-shouted-out feel of a classic skipping song.
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April 1, 2010
Mud Pies (brown), popsicles (purple), markers (yellow), lipstick (red),grass (green), and blueberries (blue) make colorful kid tea (in the bath)all the days of the week. Kid Tea has fun illustrations with brightly colored scenes throughout.
Used for "Got Milk?, Got Water?, Got Juice?" storytime-April, 2010.
Used for "Got Milk?, Got Water?, Got Juice?" storytime-April, 2010.
February 26, 2015
Every night a kid takes a bath and makes different "kid tea" because he does different things throughout the day; on Monday night he makes "blue kid tea" because he plays in the mud, etc.
This one didn't go over to well in my story time. I don't think the kids really got it. The text was confusing.... like the authors were trying too hard to do cutesy rhyming.
This one didn't go over to well in my story time. I don't think the kids really got it. The text was confusing.... like the authors were trying too hard to do cutesy rhyming.
November 22, 2008
The color of the water in the tub changes every day of the week, making blue, purple, red and green Kid Tea. A fun storytime with repetition and rhyme. Great for learning about colors and days of the week.
January 7, 2009
This is a very fun book that I discovered last year. The kids in story time love it and as a parent I get a kick out of how true the book is. Everytime a kid takes a bath he/she makes an unusual kid tea color. Good reading.
March 25, 2009
This book's got colors and days of the week--great for preschoolers. The story groups I observed with this book loved it. Each day of the week the kids do different activities and then end up turning the bath water the color of whatever grime they got on them that day.
March 31, 2010
I found myself singing the text in this book which accentuated the cute funny illustrations of a brother and sister describing things that are all one color and then asking to, "Dunk me in the tub, please for purple(color) kid tea!" A fun real-a-loud book!
September 28, 2010
A very colorful, bathtime tale that introduces kids to colors and the days of the week... with very accurate portrayals of some of the messes kids like to get into. Cute, fun read for storytime. It almost invites you to "sing" along with it as you read.
February 12, 2011
Great use of colors and labeling the days of the week. Plus, I just love saying "Lick and slurple, melting purple." Will be using this for a color-themed storytime, but it would also work with a bathtime storytime.
March 19, 2013
Each day of the week is filled with two messy kids' activities and the daily bath that culminates in kid tea (colored bath water). Rhythmic, rhyming text makes for a fun read aloud, especially with an audience due to the refrain.
A great addition to your colors storytime.
A great addition to your colors storytime.
October 24, 2013
This book almost works for a Days of the Week or Color storytime. However, I don't like books that follow gender lines so closely; the girl puts on makeup while the boy plays football. They also go to church at the end so it isn't very storytime friendly.
April 8, 2015
This one went really well today in lapsit. It hasn't gone very well in the past. I don't think they listened to the words much, but they LOVED guessing the color (harder than you would think) and got so excited when they were right.
February 6, 2016
Fun story of how different kid activities turn the bath water different colors. After each day's adventures the kids say "Dunk me in the tub please, for [color of the day] tea!"
Great illustrations.
Great illustrations.
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