Chameleon Can Be

by Carolina Farías

Overview

What will I be? If I'm someone other than me? Chameleon is curious about becoming someone new--a dazzling peacock? A powerful rhino? A fluffy koala? With encouragement from friends, chameleon camouflages as various animals within these colorfully clever pages. But, he can't seem to find the right fit. Join chameleon on his adventure while guessing riddles, learning about animals, and discovering the importance of being true to yourself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781953458155
Publisher:	Yeehoo Press
Publication date:	09/07/2021
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 10.60(h) x (d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Carolina Farías is an award-winning author and illustrator of over 40 books. After receiving her bachelor's degree in art, she began teaching at the University of Graphic Design and Visual Communication in La Plata. Her artwork is created using a variety of mediums with traditional and digital techniques. Carolina is part of the White Ravens 2007 list for the Bologna Book Fair, where she has also been selected to represent Argentina. She currently lives in La Plata, Argentina, with her husband and their two beautiful children.

Editorial Reviews

Cheerily delivers the lesson that it's best to be yourself. -Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2021-07-27
Playful rhymes and brilliant illustrations camouflage a search for identity.

When Chameleon wants “to be someone new / And see life from a different view,” forest friends agree to help the lizard become a new, “dazzling” self. Strategic formatting—a rhymed riddle on each recto page followed by an answer on the next verso—encourages readers to guess what familiar animal Chameleon will turn into next. Young readers will also enjoy the challenge of searching the illustrations to find Chameleon’s transformations, especially when they turn into a very realistic monkey and a tiny shark. But an alternating refrain develops with each transformation: “No, [animal name] actually doesn’t feel right” or “Or, maybe something else!” At last, Chameleon poses one more riddle: “I want to be colorful—red, green, yellow, and blue / And to myself I want to be true. / I am good at hiding and live in a tree / I’m a master of disguise… / what could I be?” A dazzling illustration of a chameleon presents the answer, and Chameleon learns that the best answer to “What could I be?” is “ME!” Look carefully. The answer is on the back endpaper. Colorful, humorous illustrations befitting a questing chameleon make this a good read-aloud, but preread, as black text on several pages blurs into a dark background.

Cheerily delivers the lesson that it’s best to be yourself. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews