Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Red and Yellow's Noisy Night - Picture Book #16

Red and Yellow's Noisy Night
Author: Josh Selig


Illustrator: Little Airplane Products

Publisher: Sterling Children's Books, New York, 2012


Genre: Picture book

Themes: conflict resolution, friendship, animals, music, bedtime, mutual respect


Primary Characters: Red & Yellow

Summary:
     Yellow wants to sleep while Red thinks it's such a beautiful night to play music.  At first he plays loudly like because it is so quiet.  Yellow can't sleep with all the racquet.  Then an agreement is made.  Red will play his music, but softly like the still of the night to rock Yellow to sleep.
     Little Airplane products are used to teach conflict resolution and mutual respect.  They air a television series called Olive Branch that teaches these lessons and others similar to it.  This series both literature and television are great for young children and young readers to teach moral values.

   

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