Genre: Fiction
Awards: Younger Reader's Choice Award
Grade Level: Kindergarten - 2nd grade
Red tried his hardest to please everybody. In everything Red did, it wasn't good enough. His mother, his grandparents, and other art supplies tried to fix Red. However Red was never broken, he was just misunderstood. Instead of everyone trying to fix him, to make him normal, or color the right way, everyone began to change their perspective. Thanks to the color purple, Red discovered he was really Blue. Blue used his full potential thanks to purple who believed in him.
Michael Hall was dyslexic as a child, and growing up everyone tried to fix him. Red is different on the inside, and Red does things his own way. When everyone starts to realize this, people change to accommodate for Red. I love this book because it reminds us that not everyone is what we call ' normal'. Everyone acts a certain way, everyone is different in how they think, everyone is different in what they do, and that is okay. I would use this book in my classroom as a read aloud. It is important that we do not label people, and this book would be a perfect reminder on how to treat others.
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