Review by ALynnPowers -- What's Your Favorite Color?
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Review by ALynnPowers -- What's Your Favorite Color?
[Following is a volunteer review of "What's Your Favorite Color?" by Amber L Lassiter.]
What's Your Favorite Color? is a children's book by Amber L Lassiter that tells the quick story of a young girl's day at school. Amber comes to school on a special day in which all students are to wear their favorite color. They are then given an assignment to paint a picture, which must contain at least one item of their favorite color. However, they must keep their favorite color a secret until the end of the lesson when they reveal their paintings. Amber finds herself having a small problem. She has forgotten her paints! She must then ask to borrow paints from her classmates without revealing her favorite color. Everyone thinks they know Amber's favorite color, but can she manage to keep it a secret?
I thought this was going to be a simple book of just some little kids naming off colors, designed for perhaps preschool students who are just now learning their colors. That's not the case at all. Children of that age would certainly need some help from parents to have the book read to them, as there are quite big chunks of text on each page. Despite that, this would be a great book for early elementary/primary school grades as well, and stronger more independent readers would enjoy the challenge of the story with a topic that is familiar to them.
Right off the bat, I could tell that this book was written by someone who has a lot of experience working with or teaching children. There are so many hidden gems within this book that are amazing for adding educational lessons into such a simple story. There are questions within the text designed to stimulate conversation and critical thinking skills. The book also double as a workbook, as there are blank spaces, which are illustrated to look like pieces of blank paper, for children to write or draw their responses to certain questions. In an ebook format, this isn't so helpful, and the idea of writing in a book doesn't sit well for the book-lover in me. It would be amazing if a paper version of the book could use dry-erase paper to make the pages reusable.
There are beautiful illustrations that accompany the text, and the illustrations actually play a relevant role in the story. There is a particular question that asks students to identify hints that the author and illustrator gave about Amber's favorite color. These are called context clues, and a child's ability to identify these clues makes a huge impact in their reading comprehension development. I absolutely loved the incorporation of even just this one little question.
There isn't anything that I disliked about the book. I personally wouldn't want to write in it, just because that's how I am as a person and why I think dry-erase pages would be even more amazing, but having an interactive format is great for children. I give this book a rating of 4 out of 4 stars and recommend it to parents and teachers who are looking to incorporate important higher-level language skills into their children's reading development. It's an overall amazing book with a great story, illustrations, and a diverse cast of characters.
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What's Your Favorite Color?
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What's Your Favorite Color? is a children's book by Amber L Lassiter that tells the quick story of a young girl's day at school. Amber comes to school on a special day in which all students are to wear their favorite color. They are then given an assignment to paint a picture, which must contain at least one item of their favorite color. However, they must keep their favorite color a secret until the end of the lesson when they reveal their paintings. Amber finds herself having a small problem. She has forgotten her paints! She must then ask to borrow paints from her classmates without revealing her favorite color. Everyone thinks they know Amber's favorite color, but can she manage to keep it a secret?
I thought this was going to be a simple book of just some little kids naming off colors, designed for perhaps preschool students who are just now learning their colors. That's not the case at all. Children of that age would certainly need some help from parents to have the book read to them, as there are quite big chunks of text on each page. Despite that, this would be a great book for early elementary/primary school grades as well, and stronger more independent readers would enjoy the challenge of the story with a topic that is familiar to them.
Right off the bat, I could tell that this book was written by someone who has a lot of experience working with or teaching children. There are so many hidden gems within this book that are amazing for adding educational lessons into such a simple story. There are questions within the text designed to stimulate conversation and critical thinking skills. The book also double as a workbook, as there are blank spaces, which are illustrated to look like pieces of blank paper, for children to write or draw their responses to certain questions. In an ebook format, this isn't so helpful, and the idea of writing in a book doesn't sit well for the book-lover in me. It would be amazing if a paper version of the book could use dry-erase paper to make the pages reusable.
There are beautiful illustrations that accompany the text, and the illustrations actually play a relevant role in the story. There is a particular question that asks students to identify hints that the author and illustrator gave about Amber's favorite color. These are called context clues, and a child's ability to identify these clues makes a huge impact in their reading comprehension development. I absolutely loved the incorporation of even just this one little question.
There isn't anything that I disliked about the book. I personally wouldn't want to write in it, just because that's how I am as a person and why I think dry-erase pages would be even more amazing, but having an interactive format is great for children. I give this book a rating of 4 out of 4 stars and recommend it to parents and teachers who are looking to incorporate important higher-level language skills into their children's reading development. It's an overall amazing book with a great story, illustrations, and a diverse cast of characters.
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What's Your Favorite Color?
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