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Kristin Sterling
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Lerner Publications Company Minneapolis
o t d e t a ic wh o d e D le p o pe red e v o l
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© 2010 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review. Lerner Publications Company A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 U.S.A. Website address: www.lernerbooks.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sterling, Kristin. Red Everywhere / by Kristin Sterling. p. cm. —€ (Lightning bolt booksTM—Colors everywhere) Includes index. ISBN 978-0-7613-4590-9 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) TOâ•‹COME 1. Red—Juvenile literature. 2. Colors—Juvenile literature. I. Title. QC495.5.S746 2010 535.6—dc22 2009017955 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 — BP — 12/15/09
eISBN 978-0-7613-5948-7
Contents A Rosy World
Shades of Red Seeing Red
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Ricky and Robert Love Red
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Fun Facts page
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Glossary Further Reading Index page
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A Rosy World Do you like warm, exciting colors? Many people love the color red.
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Red things can be found in the world around you.
The tulips in this field are red.
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A rose makes a beautiful gift for someone you love. Roses are often dark red.
Look at this fancy necklace.
o u e t d of r a m e s i d t a c l l s ed ru I to n e s b i m es e . g
This necklace has red rubies and white diamonds.
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Where can you find a juicy red snack? Pick an apple from a tree at an orchard.
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You can grow red tomatoes in a garden. Ripe tomatoes make a salad tasty and colorful.
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This bright red bird is a cardinal. Only the males are red. Females are brown!
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Male and female cardinals sit on a snowy tree branch. Can you tell which is which?
Red strawberries are delicious. You can eat them on ice cream sundaes.
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People also make things that are red. Fire trucks are painted red.
Fire trucks are red so that they are easy to see.
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Women wear red lipstick.
Red clothes make people stand out in a crowd.
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Shades of Red There are many different shades of red. Look for shades of red around your home.
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Crimson is a dark red shade. It has a bit of purple in it. Emily’s backpack is crimson.
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Maroon is a deep, dark red . Actors take a bow in front of a maroon curtain onstage. Most stage curtains are a shade of red.
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Scarlet is a bright red color. Jessie is wearing a scarlet sweater. 17
Blush is a light, pinkish shade of red. This juice is blush colored.
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Seeing Red u s e ei n g r e d o y e ? r A
Or do you see the world through rosecolored glasses?
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" Seeing red” means that
you are angry or annoyed.
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"Seeing
the world through rose-colored glasses” means you have a positive outlook. It means that you feel cheerful or hopeful about the way things are.
Lizzy thinks this is a perfect day for a picnic—even though it looks as if it might rain.
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Do you think red is an angry or hopeful color?
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This family is wearing different shades of red. How many shades do you see?
Ricky and Robert Love Red Ricky and Robert think red is an exciting color. They love it!
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They wear red clothes all the time. They even have
red hair !
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Their mom drives a red car. They live in a red apartment building.
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Snow cones are a sweet, cool treat on a hot summer day.
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What is your favorite color?
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Fun Facts • Red is a very strong color. It is easy to see. Stop signs and brake lights are red because the color makes people pay attention. • About two in one hundred people in the world have red hair. • Red is a lucky color in China. Women wear red dresses when they get married.
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• Seeing the color red makes your heart beat faster. • Tomato frogs are a bright red color. The color is a warning to other animals to stay away! • Bullfighters wave a red cape in front of a bull to make it angry. The color is not what makes the bull angry. Bulls are color-blind! The movement of the cape makes the bull angry. • Mars is called the Red Planet because its surface is reddish brown.
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Glossary annoyed: to be disturbed or irritated gemstone: a stone that can be cut and used in jewelry
orchard: a place where fruit or nut trees are grown
outlook: point of view positive: hopeful or good ripe: ready to be eaten
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Further Reading Enchanted Learning: Red http://www.enchantedlearning.com/colors/red.shtml Hamanaka, Sheila. All the Colors of the Earth. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1994. Jenkins, Steve. Living Color. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. Learn about Color! http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Learn_About_ Color/index.html Lionni, Leo. A Color of His Own. New York: A. A. Knopf, 2006. Ross, Kathy. Kathy Ross Crafts Colors. Minneapolis: Millbrook Press, 2003.
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Index apple, 8 blush, 18 clothes, 13, 17, 24, 28 crimson, 15 fire trucks, 12 food, 8–9, 11 maroon, 16 Mars, 29
red hair, 24, 28 rose, 6 rose-colored glasses, 19, 21 rubies, 7 scarlet, 17 seeing red, 19–20 stop signs, 28 strawberries, 11 tomatoes, 9 tomato frogs, 29
Photo Acknowledgments The images in this book are used with the permission of: © age fotostock/SuperStock, pp. 1, 29; © Robert Manella/Stone/Getty Images, p. 2; © iStockphoto.com/Ben Blankenburg, p. 4; © Katarzyna Mazurowska/Dreamstime.com, p. 5; © George Doyle/ Stockbyte/Getty Images, p. 6; © SuperStock/SuperStock, p. 7; © Juliette Wade/Garden Picture Library/Photolibrary, p. 8; © Blend Images/Photoshot , p. 9; © iStockphoto.com/ Tony Campbell, p. 10; © Tom Grill/Iconica/Getty Images, p. 11; © Digitalphotonut/ Dreamstime.com, p. 12; © Ryan McVay/Stone+/Getty Images, p. 13; © iStockphoto.com/ Ilya Lugvinev, p. 14; © Ryan McVay/Photodisc/Getty Images, p. 15; © John Giustina/ Iconica/Getty Images, p. 16; © Lucas Allen/Lifesize/Getty Images, p. 17; © Eaglemoss Consumer Publications/Fresh Food Images/Photolibrary, p. 18; © Ryan McVay/Lifesize/ Getty Images, p. 19; © Tom Merton/OJO Images/Getty Images, p. 20; © Soren Hald/Digital Vision/Getty Images, p. 21; © Alex Mares-Manton/Asia Images/Getty Images, p. 22; © iStockphoto.com/Pete Collins, pp. 23, 24; © Focus Database/Tips Italia/Photolibrary, p. 25; © Kathryn Russell Studios/FoodPix/Getty Images, p. 26; © Hans Neleman/The Image Bank/Getty Images, p. 27; © Altrendo images/Getty Images, p. 28; © Jose Manuel Gelpi Diaz/Dreamstime.com, p. 30; © Baerbel Schmidt/Taxi/Getty Images, p. 31. Cover: © Alxpin/Dreamstime.com (tomato); © Anthony Aneese Totah Jr/Dreamstime. com (fire truck); © Justin Maresch/Dreamstime.com (paint brush); © Rusty Dodson/ Dreamstime.com (bird); © Olga Lyubkina/Dreamstime.com (apple); © Todd Strand/ Independent Picture Service (paint strips).
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Look around you. Do you see a stop sign? Ripe strawberries or tomatoes? A fire engine? Red birds or flowers? The color red is found in nature, in foods, in the community, and in many other places. Read this book to become an expert at spotting red everywhere!
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Learn about the colors you see all around you in the Colors Everywhere series—part of the Lightning Bolt BooksTM collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt BooksTM bring nonfiction topics to life!
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