Colors of Mexico

By Lynn Ainsworth Olawsky

Book Overview

Illustrations by Janice Lee Porter. What colour is Mexico? It's red like chillies peppers, gold like the treasures of the Aztecs, and blue like the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Get to know Mexico in this beautifully illustrated introduction to a modern land with a rich past. Ages 6-9.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575052164
• ISBN13: 9781575052168
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: First Avenue Editions
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.8" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

BRILLIANT ! Mexico's bright colors increase our Optimism . . .

COLORS bring optimism into our lives. In this book the first drawings introduce BLANCO with white skeletons & masks, etc., that are used to decorate for a favorite celebration, the Day of the Dead. Those pictures should keep the kids turning the pages! Then they'll see & read about verde, azul, cafe, amarillo, negro,ojo, oro, purpura. My winner is NARANJA - - ORANGE, even though it's the hardest for me to pronounce. It is illustrated with a boy surrounded by Monarch butterflies. They migrate to the Sierra Madre in the millions. THINK ABOUT IT ! MILLIONS spend their winters there & then return to the North. Enjoy Janice Lee Porter's COLORS - - her interpretations of this important segment of our sense of SIGHT, and our lives. Look up titles of other books she illustrated & pusue them. She is not stuck in one style by any means & that makes reading & owning any books much more enjoyable. "SERIES" books are not necessarily all 'Blue Ribbons' but everyone can learn to choose what is better & learn what it is that makes books that way! Reviewer mcHAIKU recommends "THE COLORS OF MEXICO" by Lynn A. Olawsky as a good beginner's introduction to a country our children should continue to study. And we can help geographically deficient kids by setting an example of staying on the path to being as *bright* as Mexico's colors.

My student enjoyed this book.

My students enjoyed this culturally informative book, but all my Spanish speaking students said in one voice, "MORADO" when I read the entry for P?rpura aloud. Other than this we enjoyed this book.