Mixed Paperback – January 1, 2018

My baby boy loves this book. Hes loved it since he was a baby. We have 75-100 books on his shelf and he picks this one out every time since he was 12 months old. He’s 17 months now and we wore out the first copy which was a gift at our baby shower so I had to buy him a new one. I think he loves the colors a lot, the first three pages make him smile and he points to the colors and says “ball.” The story is cute, but he loves the pictures. It’s his favorite book.

My kids love this story and I love the message it presents. It was a hit reading it to my child’s class for mystery reader day at school too! We have purchased this book multiple times for gifts as well.

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.

Both kiddo and i love this one

I’m a teacher and love reading picture books. This book has a cute story and message.

I’m an art teacher and have used this book for my students several times. I’ve bought it for my own children and used as gifts. Excellent book teaching color theory, as well as the importance of unity!

Got this book for my granddaughter, and she loves it! Well-written and great illustrations!

I buy this book for all of my friends who are having babies. It is a great story with a very important deeper meaning. I think it is a great book that all libraries should have on their shelf!! Everyone I buy it for loves it.

Disegni adorabili e una storia molto bella e piena di messaggi belli e differenti.I colori scoprono che stare insieme è bello anche e soprattutto se si è diversi, non solo per colore ma anche per carattere: la tranquillità di uno complementa l'esuberanza dell'altro, la calma complementa l'azione ecc...IMPORTANTE:Tutti i bambini a cui l'ho letto hanno notato subito che i due protagonisti sono entrambi maschi (ci sono anche colori disegnati "femmina" quindi non si tratta di colori che non hanno sesso) e chiedono spiegazioni riguardo al matrimonio.Trovo sia un messaggio molto positivo e un'occasione per parlare dell'amore e delle famiglie con due genitori dello stesso sesso, ma se per qualche motivo siete contrari, trovo giusto avvertire.

A firm fave in our house! My daughter picks this book first every night. Such a lovely introduction to inclusivity and diversity

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

Saw this on tiktok and Loved it ! We read it to my 2 year old son and he loves it ! Trying to help be an ally to the poc of the world and thought this would be a good thing to help ensure he knows all humans come in lots of colours etc

Una historia graciosa para trabajar la mezcla de colores en inglés