Title
Mouse Paint
Author
Ellen Stoll Walsh
Illustrator
Ellen Stoll Walsh
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Date
1989
ISBN
0-15-256025-4
Brief Summary (Extended Summary)
Three white mice discover jars of red, blue, and yellow paint and explore the world of color by mixing the colors in a variety of combinations.  Another part of this story is that the the mice are trying to avoid a cat. 
Of Special Note
This book does a good job of using repetition to reinforce the results of mixing different combinations of colors.  The illustrations are nicely done cut paper collages. 
This book could lead to a lesson on...
1.  Mixing Colored Pigments.
2.  Art (paper collage).

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