The Color Connection

<p>What happens when primary color characters are caught in a rainstorm with their secondary</p><p>neighbors? The Color Connection! When Mr. Purple initiates a plan to unite his town of black and white the</p><p>results are magical.</p><p>This book is an ideal educational tool as well as an easy bed time read. It could be hard cover with a</p><p>small trim size and 22 pages in length with a pull out lesson plan and rhythmic rhyme for teachers or parents.</p><p>At a modest price point of $14.95.</p><p>I grew up an only child whose father's job was technical but his persuasion was artistic. Spare time</p><p>was spent writing building crafting and painting - so art materials were always available. Perhaps the seed</p><p>for this book was planted way back then when using watercolors I would NEED green and he would</p><p>magically make it happen by mixing blue and yellow. Or maybe after earning my art/education degree from</p><p>Western Michigan University the seed germinated while teaching art in Lansing's inner city the suburbs of</p><p>Detroit and finally Northern Michigan. No matter the locale when introducing a unit on painting color</p><p>mixing was magic. Children everywhere loved the experimentation - the process - and the product - new</p><p>clear vibrant colors from combining the basic three plus black and white. Of course muddy brown can also</p><p>be the result of overly enthusiastic mixing but that is OK too.</p><p>So the idea's been evolving - a book to introduce colors - primary and secondary and their</p><p>possibilities but as I wrote in collaboration with my daughter Lisa it became so much more. The underlying</p><p>theme is really tolerance and acceptance. This book is a perfect way through the excitement of color mixing</p><p>to initiate this discussion about inclusion and the concept that everything works better if we embrace the</p><p>connection instead of focusing on our differences which is so imperative especially today. If we work</p><p>together we can accomplish anything - we can make magic.</p>