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Lemons Are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

hmgelo02's review against another edition

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4.0

A short little book that's useful for the toddler/preschool/early reader set. There are short sentences on each page: "Lemons are not RED." "Lemons are YELLOW." "Apples are RED."

With peek-a-book cutouts on the pages, children are able to see the colors being referred to, which is helpful in reinforcing the learning of colors for younger children. It's also great for pre- and early readers, who can associate the words with the simple pictures and the repetitive words "not" and "are".

We'd borrow this one from the library again!

showell's review against another edition

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5.0

fabulous. Only problem -- my baby likes to grab the cutouts and use them to turn the pages, which means this book wouldn't last long in our house. oh for a board book of this.

staciam's review against another edition

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Good concept - unfortunately, some carrots ARE purple.

ivyinthepages's review against another edition

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5.0

Rating: 5 leaves out of 5
Characters: 5/5
Cover: 5/5
Story: 5/5
Writing: 5/5
Genre: Children/ Picture book
Type: Book
Worth?: Yes

mrsbond's review against another edition

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4.0

Brilliant illustrations, fantastic use of color.

kellyjcm's review against another edition

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4.0

V liked it. Z gave two thumbs up. I enjoy how the author seamlessly transitions between the colors. Use of cutouts is clever. I prefer her other color book, Green, because it is such a thorough exploration of one color.

snowelf's review against another edition

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4.0

A great, non trivial concept book about colors. A toddler or preschooler will find it funny and enjoy the die-cuts in the pages. The illustrations are very vivid and fleshy. I in particular liked the picture of the people through the window in the lit up house in the end, those turning into a vibrant tree as you turned the page, while the light in the house went dark. It's a great early reader book too, the illustrations will help the reader. If you liked this one, you'll probably also like [b:First the Egg|1415026|First the Egg|Laura Vaccaro Seeger|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1317064748s/1415026.jpg|1405371].

rhodesee's review against another edition

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4.0

I used the Spanish edition for a bilingual Story time and it was great! It is really easy to translate as you go and the kids love telling you what color the items should be.

hckilgour's review against another edition

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3.5

A good book for teaching colors. Also great for storytime interaction.

bethany_booklover's review against another edition

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4.0

Good story to introduce the concept of color. Fun cut-outs add engaging texture of the book. I think this book could also help foster predicting what color is coming next based off of the pages.