Mixed: A Colorful Story

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Sehr schönes und spannendes Bilderbuch! Richtig tolle Geschichte und sehr anschauliche Bilder. Hat viel Potential für fen Englisch und Kunstunterricht:)

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Mixed is a fantastic story about accepting others, the power of love, being true to yourself, and, of course, colour mixing! We love this sweet story about a rivalry between the colours red, blue, and yellow, until one day a blue and yellow fall in love, get married, and create a green baby girl! This would be a fun book to use as a part of an art unit on colour mixing!

Before this book came out, I took a free online seminar on how to write a picture book put on by the author, Arree Chang. At the very end of the live stream, he read his new book that was not on shelves yet, "Mixed." Instantly, I was captivated the book and its bright colors, fun story line, and deep meaning. Three months later, when it was finally out for the public, I bought it. It was even better on paper! The story starts off with three core colors: red, yellow, and blue. In the beginning, all the colors live in perfect harmony until one day when one color thought they were the best. The colors all segregated and fought over who was best color. But one day, a blue and a yellow met and soon became friends. Later the two decided to get marry and "mix." The two have a daughter and her name is Green. She was unlike any color anyone in town had even soon. Shortly after Green arrived, other colors began to mix and more colors were a result of it. The colors were no longer separated and lived together in harmony once again. Chang's use of symbolism is excellent in this text. I brought this book to a 3rd grade teacher I work with and she loved it. She plans on borrowing it during their color unit. I think this book would great in elementary school and possibly even middle school. It could be used to teach about colors like my co-worker is going to do or it could be used to teach symbolism and the relationship the story has to history. I highly suggest checking out this book.