The art is also beautiful, but occasionally the colours represented don't completely match what they're called. More food for thought than I expected from such a short children's book with very basic writing, so it's earning a high rating from me. It can also represent friendship: finding a person of similar personality or style to navigate the world with rather than being a loner. Though likely not intentional, this could be used as a metaphor for accepting one's own sexuality - useful, for example, for same sex parents to help counteract societal bigotry. Also, I find the solution - encountering another chameleon with whom he can change colours together - very sweet and encouraging.
While this isn't how chameleons work in real life, it's aimed at very small children who wouldn't understand the science behind the animal anyway. Hailed as "a master of the simple fable" by the Chicago Tribune, he died in 1999 at the age of 89.This is a simple book that halfway teaches colours while telling the story of a sad chameleon who wants to be himself rather than all the shades of the world around him. His picture books are distinguished by their enduring moral themes, graphic simplicity and brilliant use of collage, and include four Caldecott Honor Books: Inch by Inch, Frederick, Swimmy, and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse. He was the recipient of the 1984 American Institute of Graphic Arts Gold Medal and was honored posthumously in 2007 with the Society of Illustrators' Lifetime Achievement Award. Children's LiteratureĪbout the Author Leo Lionni, an internationally known designer, illustrator, and graphic artist, was born in Holland and lived in Italy until he came to the United States in 1939. Publishers Weekly As captivating now as it was when first published in 1975. Lionni's signature watercolors span the rainbow in this story of a chameleon who, while searching for his identity, finds a friend with whom he can share his changeable nature. No matter where he goes with his new friend, they will always be alike. When another chameleon suggests they travel together, he learns that companionship is more important than having a color of his own. But in the autumn, the leaf changes from green to yellow to red. He is purple like the heather, yellow like a lemon, even black and orange striped like a tiger! Then one day a chameleon has an idea to remain one color forever by staying on the greenest leaf he can find.
Only the chameleon has no color of his own. Full color.īook Synopsis The classic story about searching for somewhere to belong, from four-time Caldecott honor winner Leo Lionni. Vivid illustrations and spare prose make this gentle story a perfect read-aloud. About the Book For the first time in paperback, here's the charming story of a chameleon who, in search of his own color, finds something even more special.
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