Yellow Everywhere

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Kristin Sterling

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Lerner Publications Company Minneapolis

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Yellow everywhere / by Kristin Sterling. p. cm. — (Lightning bolt booksTM—Colors everywhere) Includes index. ISBN 978-0-7613-4589-3 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) TO COMEliterature. 2. Colors—Juvenile literature. I. Title.  1. Yellow—Juvenile QC495.5.S7495 2010 535.6—dc22 2009017951 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 — BP — 12/15/09 eISBN: 978-0-7613-5951-7

Contents A Cheerful World

Shades of Yellow Is Yellow Mellow?

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Yestera Loves Yellow

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Activity page

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Glossary Further Reading Index page

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A Cheerful World Do you like bright, sunny colors? Many people love the color yellow.

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The world around you is full of yellow things.

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The sun is yellow as it sets in the sky. It gives the world light and heat.

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This father and son fly a kite on the beach as the sun goes down.

Bananas turn yellow as they ripen. You know a banana is ready to be eaten when it is yellow.

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Sunflowers have yellow petals. The buds of these flowers face east in the morning and west in the evening.

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Chicks are tiny yellow balls of fluff soon after they hatch from eggs. They change

color as they grow.

This baby chick is wet because it just hatched. It will dry and become fluffy like the others.

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Bumblebees are black and yellow. They fly around collecting nectar in gardens.

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Do you like to eat hot dogs with mustard?

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People also make things that are yellow.

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Have you ever ridden in a yellow car?

This traffic light is about to turn red.

Yellow lights tell people to slow down.

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Shades of Yellow Many shades of yellow can be found in the world. They range from light yellow to dark yellow.

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Canaries are birds. Some people keep this kind of bird as a pet.

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These kitchen walls are butter yellow. This color is soft and calm.

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The living room is golden yellow. This color is warm and dark.

This grandmother and granddaughter enjoy reading in their living room.

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Char treuse is a yellow green shade. This pear is chartreuse.

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Is Yellow Mellow? How does the color yellow make you feel? Some people think it is a mellow and relaxing color.

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Others feel it is happy and energizing. They feel cheerful when they see it. 20

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People wear yellow ribbons to show support for soldiers who are far away.

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This family relaxes on the porch of their bright yellow house.

Does yellow make you feel mellow, cheerful, or hopeful? 22

Yestera Loves Yellow Yestera loves the color yellow. It makes her feel happy.

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She likes to paint with primary colors. She mixes yellow, red, and blue to create other colors.

She mixes yellow with blue to make green. Yellow and red make orange. 24

If you add white to yellow and red, you’ll get a light shade of orange.

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Yestera has a yellow lab named Butternut. He sleeps in a yellow doghouse.

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Activity

You Can Make a Rainbow Do you like rainbows? They are created when light hits small raindrops in the air. You can make your own rainbow with a few supplies. What you need: water a clear drinking glass masking tape a flashlight a sheet of white paper a notebook a pencil

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What you do: 1. Pour  water almost to the top of the drinking glass. 2. Place two pieces of masking tape on the flashlight so the light shines through a narrow slit. 3. Place the glass near the edge of a counter or table. Put the sheet of white paper on the floor near the counter. 4. Turn off the lights to make the room darker. 5. Shine the flashlight through the glass and down toward the paper. You will see a rainbow appear on the paper. 6. Move the flashlight up and down and side to side. Does the rainbow move on the paper? Try moving the flashlight closer to the glass and then farther away. Does the size of the rainbow change? Write down what you notice in the notebook.

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Glossary hatch: to come out of an egg mellow: laid back nectar: a sweet liquid produced by flowers primary color: a color that cannot be made by mixing other colors

ripen: to grow and become ready to be eaten

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Further Reading Color Mixing http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/ Colormixing.shtml Light and Color http://scifiles.larc.nasa.gov/kids/Problem_Board/ problems/light/sim1.html Ross, Kathy. Kathy Ross Crafts Colors. Minneapolis: Millbrook Press, 2003. Van Gogh, Vincent. Vincent’s Colors. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2005. Weather Wiz Kids http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-opticalillusions.htm Yolen, Jane. Color Me a Rhyme. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 2000.

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Index activity, 28–29

mustard, 11

bananas, 7 bumblebees, 10 butter yellow, 16

primary colors, 24

canary yellow, 15 chartreuse, 18 chicks, 9

sun, 6 sunflowers, 8 yellow lab, 26 yellow lights, 13

golden yellow, 17

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