The Great Blueness and Other Predicaments

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Summary: My five year old loves this book!
Review: My five year old daughter loves this book and asks me to read it over and over. It's too bad that it is out of print. My only fault with it (and the reason I didn't give it five stars) is that the color that is supposed to be red shows up in the book as pink. You would think that for a book in which colors are the main theme, the publisher would have gotten that right. Never the less, my daughter has accepted that fault and loves the book!

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Summary: Color My World - The Great Blueness and Other Predicaments
Review: The Great Blueness and Other Predicaments tells the story of a wizard who lived a long time ago, when there were no colors in the world. Everything in the world was black and white and gray. To amuse himself, the wizard mixes some things together and finds some interesting stuff in the bottom of his cauldron. When he names the stuff "blue" and paints his house with it, his neighbors want some. The rest of the story explains what happens after that.

I am familiar with this book from an old copy that was given by a friend, and think it should be back in print. The text has an air of gentleness, even while describing the problems that the wizard has to deal with. There are clever rhymes, reflecting details in the illustrations. Preschool children will enjoy this book being read to them, and older children will appreciate the humor and lessons embedded in the story.