Mixed: A Colorful Story

Before this book came out, I took a free online seminar on how to write a picture book put on by the author, Arree Chang. At the very end of the live stream, he read his new book that was not on shelves yet, "Mixed." Instantly, I was captivated the book and its bright colors, fun story line, and deep meaning. Three months later, when it was finally out for the public, I bought it. It was even better on paper! The story starts off with three core colors: red, yellow, and blue. In the beginning, all the colors live in perfect harmony until one day when one color thought they were the best. The colors all segregated and fought over who was best color. But one day, a blue and a yellow met and soon became friends. Later the two decided to get marry and "mix." The two have a daughter and her name is Green. She was unlike any color anyone in town had even soon. Shortly after Green arrived, other colors began to mix and more colors were a result of it. The colors were no longer separated and lived together in harmony once again. Chang's use of symbolism is excellent in this text. I brought this book to a 3rd grade teacher I work with and she loved it. She plans on borrowing it during their color unit. I think this book would great in elementary school and possibly even middle school. It could be used to teach about colors like my co-worker is going to do or it could be used to teach symbolism and the relationship the story has to history. I highly suggest checking out this book.

Fabulous Story! Great for kids of all ages! Highly recommend!

Great book. It was fun and easy to understand. I bought this as a gift for my 1-1/2 year old grandson. I starts with 3 distinct colored dot people. Everyone gets along until Red told everyone that red was the best color. The 3 colors separated and made towns for just their color. Eventually blue and yellow mixed to create green. Everyone was in awe of how cute green was. Soon they all realized they would be happier being friends. It's really cute. Diversity is the theme but there is also a theme of how colors mix and the resulting colors. (I like art so that impressed me.)

Not only does this book have a beautiful message, it’s a great way to help introduce secondary and tertiary colors to kids. I read this book before a color mixing art lesson with a first grade class. Definitely a great one to add to your collection if you’re an art docent or teacher in and elementary school.

One of the most powerful stories about life that can be told to a child… opens positive thoughts and understanding about acceptance of others and embraces the beauty of being different-like colors

My five year old is obsessed with this book. We read it every night. The writing in the book is simple and clear. My child can easily follow along and pictures are very cute. I love that this book can be interpreted as how our kids should see racial and ethnic diversity.

I found this book at a tjmaxx and grabbed it for my 18 month old. She really liked it because of the colors and we would practice naming/spotting colors. I really like the book for the aesthetic and the story. It’s well written with a lesson on accepting differences. We have started purchasing this book for friends. Highly recommend!

This is such a great book for my 2 year old! Not only do we get to practice naming our colors, but we also get to start learning the idea that all colors are beautiful!

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Sehr schönes und spannendes Bilderbuch! Richtig tolle Geschichte und sehr anschauliche Bilder. Hat viel Potential für fen Englisch und Kunstunterricht:)

Amei!

Mixed is a fantastic story about accepting others, the power of love, being true to yourself, and, of course, colour mixing! We love this sweet story about a rivalry between the colours red, blue, and yellow, until one day a blue and yellow fall in love, get married, and create a green baby girl! This would be a fun book to use as a part of an art unit on colour mixing!

Great story :)