Hey! A Colorful Mystery

A mysterious rumor spreads among a colorful sea of fish in Kate Read's new picture book, a follow-up to the award-winning One Fox.

All is quiet in the deep blue sea, until a tiny pink fish is mistaken for something scary. Suddenly, tales bursts forth about a "great big fish hiding in the deep!" Readers discover a color each time a new fish becomes entangled in the mayhem and hysterics.

The red octopus was really rattled, which petrified the purple puffer fish, and startled the blue shoal, until they all flee...into a deep, dark cave. Uh-oh! That's no cave at all!

Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Honor Award-winner Kate Read returns with a clever oceanic twist on the old telephone game starring a tiny pink fish and schools of brilliantly hued fish in a deep blue sea. As the chatter spreads, young readers will explore different varieties of sea animals, colors, and themes of gossip and unchecked claims.

Perfect for interactive read-alouds as well as for early childhood education units on colors, friendship, and marine life. Back matter includes an introduction to color theory. Also by Kate Read: One Fox