[PW] [PY] Stumper: Book with Rhymes About Colors

[Cassie Wilson]

The book is "Pink, Pink" by Ida DeLage.  The rhyme is so strong, my 
daughter used to love having me read it and clap hands in time.  DeLage 
is better known for things like the Old Witch of the Hill, I think.

Cassie Wilson



Shari Haber wrote:
> Everyone-
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> I have a picture book/primer identification question that is driving 
> me crazy. The particulars: It is a small (thin) book with color 
> illustrations. The illustrations show a schoolhouse with a (white) 
> teacher and her (white) pupils. There are a lot of trees in the 
> background, like in a  forest. The text rhymes, and here are some of 
> the lines (the 1st three by our patron; the next two by somebody who 
> saw the book in a Goodwill or Salvation Army store, and would like to 
> find it again:
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> Orange, bright, be polite.
> Green, green, don't be mean.
> Pink, pink, come to the sink.
> Bunny so funny, cat so fat.
> Blue, blue (something or another)
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> I was thinking that it might be a Golden Book, but I have not been 
> able to verify this. Oh--and the book is more than 20 years old.
>
> TIA for any help you can give me.
>
> Shari Haber
> MCLS Reference Center
> shaber at mcls.org
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