Hello, Red Fox
by Eric Carle (Author)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: World of Eric Carle
Stare at a single color for several seconds and then move your eyes to a white space. You will see a faint glowing image in a different color, the first color's opposite. This delightfully simple and funny birthday story, with animals rendered in Eric Carle's brightly colored collages, introduces the concept of complementary colors. Full color.
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School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 6--An introduction to the concept of complementary or opposite colors, cloaked in a story of a birthday party. Little Frog describes his animal guests to his mother, but none of them seem to be the color he attributes to them--until readers stare at each of them for 10 seconds and then look at the pure-white facing page for 3 seconds. Then, Red Fox, seen as green in the large, clear illustration against a stark white background, appears red. Orange Cat, depicted as blue on the left, turns the appropriate color when the same procedure is followed. The problem is that the mechanics required to illustrate the principle and make the story work are too burdensome for preschoolers. Even older children may not have the patience or interest to sit still and repeat the necessary visual exercise all nine times it takes to complete the story, and the thin plot will hold little interest for them. Carle's many fans will no doubt pick up this book, but they are likely to tire of it quickly.--Diane Janoff Queens Borough Public Library, NY
Eric Carle
Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into 70 languages and sold over 55 million copies. Carle illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 170 million copies of his books have sold around the world. In 2003, Carle received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award) for lifetime achievement in children's literature. In 2002, Eric and his wife, Barbara, cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (www.carlemuseum.org) in Amherst, Massachusetts, a 40,000-square-foot space dedicated to the celebration of picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world, underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form. Eric Carle passed away in May 2021 at the age of 91. His work remains an important influence on artists and illustrators at work today. www.eric-carle.com
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780689844317
Lexile Measure
570
Guided Reading Level
J
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication date
June 01, 2001
Series
World of Eric Carle
BISAC categories
JUV009020 - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Colors
JUV002000 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | General
JUV017080 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Other, Non-Religious
JUV002000 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | General
JUV017080 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Other, Non-Religious
Library of Congress categories
Animals
Frogs
Color
Parties
Birthdays
Frogs
Color
Parties
Birthdays
Buckaroo Book Award
Nominee 2000 - 2001
