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(10/27/09)
The words might say "Hello, Red Fox" on the cover, but the fox himself is definitely green. Bright and totally green. And the alternating pages almost to the end of the book are white-except for a tiny black dot in the center. Eric Carle is giving us...
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(10/27/09) The words might say "Hello, Red Fox" on the cover, but the fox himself is definitely green. Bright and totally green. And the alternating pages almost to the end of the book are white-except for a tiny black dot in the center. Eric Carle is giving us a lesson in complementary colors.If you stare first at that green fox on the cover and then stare at the white space, a faint image of the fox will appear in red, its opposite or complementary color. Carle has written a story and an art lesson around a color theory published nearly two hundred years ago by the German writer Goethe. In the story, Little Frog invites a host of colorful friends to his birthday party. But as they arrive, Little Frog's mother is confused because the guests all appear to be different colors than those originally invited. Blue Fish was orange, Yellow Bird was purple, Red Fox is green, and so on. "Oh, Mama, you have not looked at the bird long enough," says Little Frog. Sure enough, if you look long enough, the... See less