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Children's book author and illustrator [[Paul O. Zelinsky]], for whom the book was a childhood favorite and inspiration, said that, "In a way, the book was written to teach facts about color, but its real subject is the huge pleasure to be found in the seeing and feeling of color [...]".<ref name=RIF1>{{cite book |title=The Art of Reading |last=Zelinsky |first=Paul O. |others=Compiled by Reading is Fundamental |year=2005 |publisher=Dutton Books |isbn=0-525-47484-6 |page=62 }}</ref> Regina Barreca, professor of English literature and feminist theory, writes in a humorous column featuring the book that, "''The Color Kittens'' continues to capture my heart and my imagination because there is something about the sheer messiness of discovery and creativity that Hush and Brush embody that I’ve never quite found in another book.”<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.education-world.com/a_issues/columnists/barreca/barreca034.shtml |title=The Kittens Who Colored My World |accessdate=2009-08-05 |last=Barreca |first=Regina |publisher=Education World }}</ref> Suzanne Rahn notes that Hush and Brush’s active creativity and exploration have some parallels among Brown’s other cat characters, such as the drastically less-humanized Pussycat, who are much more passive in their representation of the creative state Brown called “Cat Life”.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/childrens_literature/v022/22.rahn.html |title=Cat-Quest: A Symbolic Animal in Margaret Wise Brown |accessdate=2009-08-09 |last=Rahn |first=Suzanne |work=Children’s Literature: Volume 22, 1994 (Copyright © 1994 Hollins College) |publisher=Project MUSE }}</ref> |
Children's book author and illustrator [[Paul O. Zelinsky]], for whom the book was a childhood favorite and inspiration, said that, "In a way, the book was written to teach facts about color, but its real subject is the huge pleasure to be found in the seeing and feeling of color [...]".<ref name=RIF1>{{cite book |title=The Art of Reading |last=Zelinsky |first=Paul O. |others=Compiled by Reading is Fundamental |year=2005 |publisher=Dutton Books |isbn=0-525-47484-6 |page=62 }}</ref> Regina Barreca, professor of English literature and feminist theory, writes in a humorous column featuring the book that, "''The Color Kittens'' continues to capture my heart and my imagination because there is something about the sheer messiness of discovery and creativity that Hush and Brush embody that I’ve never quite found in another book.”<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.education-world.com/a_issues/columnists/barreca/barreca034.shtml |title=The Kittens Who Colored My World |accessdate=2009-08-05 |last=Barreca |first=Regina |publisher=Education World }}</ref> Suzanne Rahn notes that Hush and Brush’s active creativity and exploration have some parallels among Brown’s other cat characters, such as the drastically less-humanized Pussycat, who are much more passive in their representation of the creative state Brown called “Cat Life”.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/childrens_literature/v022/22.rahn.html |title=Cat-Quest: A Symbolic Animal in Margaret Wise Brown |accessdate=2009-08-09 |last=Rahn |first=Suzanne |work=Children’s Literature: Volume 22, 1994 (Copyright © 1994 Hollins College) |publisher=Project MUSE }}</ref> |
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''The Color Kittens'' has been recommended as an educational book for teaching color theory to young children.<ref>{{cite book |title=Investigating science with young children |last=Althouse|first=Rosemary |year=1988 |publisher=Teachers College Press |isbn=0807729124 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=KCpwlW_KIaAC&pg=PA2 |page=2 }}</ref> |
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| Author | Margaret Wise Brown |
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| Illustrator | Alice and Martin Provensen |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Publisher | Little Golden Books |
Publication date | 1949 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 24 |
| ISBN | 0-307-10234-3 |
| OCLC | 42383466 |
| [E] 21 | |
| LC Class | PZ7.B8163 Cm 2000 |
The Color Kittens is a children's book by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen published in 1949.
The story revolves around two kittens, "Hush" and "Brush," who attempt to create green paint through mixing their other paints. Their attempts, amusingly, lead to a variety of different hues--none of them green. The book's famous catch phrase is "Blue is blue, and red is red! They still need green!"
Children's book author and illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky, for whom the book was a childhood favorite and inspiration, said that, "In a way, the book was written to teach facts about color, but its real subject is the huge pleasure to be found in the seeing and feeling of color [...]".[1] Regina Barreca, professor of English literature and feminist theory, writes in a humorous column featuring the book that, "The Color Kittens continues to capture my heart and my imagination because there is something about the sheer messiness of discovery and creativity that Hush and Brush embody that I’ve never quite found in another book.”[2] Suzanne Rahn notes that Hush and Brush’s active creativity and exploration have some parallels among Brown’s other cat characters, such as the drastically less-humanized Pussycat, who are much more passive in their representation of the creative state Brown called “Cat Life”.[3]
The Color Kittens has been recommended as an educational book for teaching color theory to young children.[4]
References
- ^ Zelinsky, Paul O. (2005). The Art of Reading. Compiled by Reading is Fundamental. Dutton Books. p. 62. ISBN 0-525-47484-6.
- ^ Barreca, Regina. "The Kittens Who Colored My World". Education World. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- ^ Rahn, Suzanne. "Cat-Quest: A Symbolic Animal in Margaret Wise Brown". Children’s Literature: Volume 22, 1994 (Copyright © 1994 Hollins College). Project MUSE. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ Althouse, Rosemary (1988). Investigating science with young children. Teachers College Press. p. 2. ISBN 0807729124.
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