A Color of His Own

By Leo Lionni

Board Book

Published on Nov 14, 2000 | 30 Pages

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Ebook

Published on Sep 28, 2011 | 40 Pages

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Hardcover

Published on Jun 13, 2006 | 40 Pages

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Paperback

Published on Sep 30, 1997 | 32 Pages

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Grades Up to Kindergarten
Ages 2–5

The classic story about searching for somewhere to belong, from four-time Caldecott honor winner Leo Lionni.

Elephants are gray. Pigs are pink. Only the chameleon has no color of his own. He is purple like the heather, yellow like a lemon, even black and orange striped like a tiger! Then one day a chameleon has an idea to remain one color forever by staying on the greenest leaf he can find. But in the autumn, the leaf changes from green to yellow to red . . . and so does the chameleon. When another chameleon suggests they travel together, he learns that companionship is more important than having a color of his own. No matter where he goes with his new friend, they will always be alike.

"Lionni’s signature watercolors span the rainbow in this story of a chameleon who, while searching for his identity, finds a friend with whom he can share his changeable nature." —Publishers Weekly

"As captivating now as it was when first published in 1975." —Children’s Literature

ISBN 9780553538731 (Board Book)
Published on Jan 12, 2016
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages 30
Dimensions 7-1/2 x 6
Age Range 2-5 years
Grade Up to Kindergarten
Reading Level Lexile: 640L | Fountas/Pinnell: I

ISBN 9780307974266 (Ebook)
Published on Sep 28, 2011
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages 40
Age Range 2-5 years
Grade Up to Kindergarten
Reading Level Lexile: 640L | Fountas/Pinnell: I

ISBN 9780375836978 (Hardcover)
Published on Jun 13, 2006
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages 40
Dimensions 7-3/4 x 7-1/2
Age Range 2-5 years
Grade Up to Kindergarten
Reading Level Lexile: 640L | Fountas/Pinnell: I

ISBN 9780375810916 (Board Book)
Published on Nov 14, 2000
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages 30
Dimensions 6-3/4 x 5-3/8
Age Range 2-5 years
Grade Up to Kindergarten
Reading Level Lexile: 640L | Fountas/Pinnell: I

ISBN 9780679887850 (Paperback)
Published on Sep 30, 1997
Published by Dragonfly Books
Pages 32
Dimensions 7-3/4 x 7-1/2
Age Range 2-5 years
Grade Up to Kindergarten
Reading Level Lexile: 640L | Fountas/Pinnell: I

Leo Lionni

Leo Lionni wrote and illustrated more than 40 highly acclaimed children’s books. He received the 1984 American Institute of Graphic Arts Gold Medal and was a four-time Caldecott Honor Winner—for Inch by Inch, Frederick, Swimmy, and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse. Leo Lionni died in October of 1999 at his home in Tuscany, Italy, at the age of 89.