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The Big Orange Splot
by D. Manus Pinkwater, Daniel Manus Pinkwater
Mr. Plumbean lives on a "neat street" in a house that looks like everyone else's house. Then one day a seagull drops a bucket of orange paint on his house. His neighbors urge him to paint his house, and so Mr. Plumbean does. He paints a jungle mural on it, adds some palm trees and an alligator to his yard, and hangs out in a hammock drinking lemonade. One by one neighbors come by to encourage Mr. Plumbean to fix his house so they can have a "neat street" again. They are not successful.
I had never heard of this book until I saw it on a list of 50 picture books about art. I read it to my 2.5 year old who was transfixed for the 30+ pages and immediately asked to read it again. What I love most about this book is that the message--figure out who you are and be true to that person--is told through the actions of the characters. So many kids books about values or morals really smack the reader over the head with a sermon. Not this book. It was lovely.
I had never heard of this book until I saw it on a list of 50 picture books about art. I read it to my 2.5 year old who was transfixed for the 30+ pages and immediately asked to read it again. What I love most about this book is that the message--figure out who you are and be true to that person--is told through the actions of the characters. So many kids books about values or morals really smack the reader over the head with a sermon. Not this book. It was lovely.