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My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood - by Tameka Fryer Brown (Hardcover)

My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood - by  Tameka Fryer Brown (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Jamie describes his mood throughout the day, using colors and rhythmic text, as he changes from an "easy green mood" while drawing a picture for his sister to a "brooding black mood" when he is teased for doing so. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>What color is your mood?</b> <p/>On a really good day, Jamie feels purple like the first bite of a juicy cold plum. <p/>And with a crayon in his hand, Jamie eases into a green feeling--like a dragon dancing through a jungle made of green jello.<p></p><p>But when his brothers push him around and make fun of his drawings, Jamie feels like a dark gray storm brewing.</p><p></p><p>What will it take to put Jamie back in a bright-feeling mood?</p><p></p><p>Through Jamie, young readers will learn to describe how they're feeling in a unique way.</p><p><br><i>My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood</i> is a 2014 Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for <i>My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood</i> by Tameka Fryer Brown: </b> <p/>In a free-wheeling style and going far beyond the usual pairings of colors with moods... a nicely sophisticated exploration." --<i>Kirkus </i> <p/>"It's valuable both for its believable exposition of Jamie's interior world and for its warm portrait of the life of a nonwhite family in which sharing is essential, rules are followed, conflicts are resolved, and meals are enjoyed together." --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <p/>An excellent jumping-off point for discussion--or writing--about readers' own colorful moods. --<i>Booklist</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Tameka Fryer Brown loves drawing with brand-new, super-sharp crayons like Jamie, and her favorite color is all the colors of the rainbow. Writing stories for kids puts her in a sweet, juicy, peachy kind of mood. Tameka lives with her family in Charlotte, North Carolina. <p/>Shane Evans is an artist, author, illustrator, musician, songwriter, and founder of Dream Studio, a community art space in Kansas City, Missouri, where he currently resides with his wife, daughter, and three dogs. In 2012, he became a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner for Underground, published by Roaring Brook Press.

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