My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood

Tameka Fryer Brown

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Honor Book:Charlotte Zolotow Award -Picture Book Text (2014)

Nominee:Star of the North Picture Book Award -Grades K-2 (2015)

What color is your mood?

On a really good day, Jamie feels purple like the first bite of a juicy cold plum.

And with a crayon in his hand, Jamie eases into a green feeling--like a dragon dancing through a jungle made of green jello.

But when his brothers push him around and make fun of his drawings, Jamie feels like a dark gray storm brewing.

What will it take to put Jamie back in a bright-feeling mood?

Through Jamie, young readers will learn to describe how they're feeling in a unique way.

My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood is a 2014 Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book.

Book Details

Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Publish Date: Mar 7th, 2013
Pages: 32
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 10.50in - 9.20in - 0.30in - 0.80lb
EAN: 9780670012855
Recommended age: 03-07
Categories: • Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings• Concepts - Colors• Family - Siblings

About the Author

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.

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.

Praise for this book

Praise for My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood by Tameka Fryer Brown:

"In a free-wheeling style and going far beyond the usual pairings of colors with moods... a nicely sophisticated exploration." --Kirkus

"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." --Publishers Weekly

"An excellent jumping-off point for discussion--or writing--about readers' own colorful moods." --Booklist