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Why Is Blue Dog Blue?
Last updated Sunday, August 6, 2017
Author: George Rodrigue and Bruce Goldstone
Date of Publication: 2002
ISBN: 1584791624
Grade Level: 1st (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)
Date(s) Used: Aug. 2017
Synopsis:
From Booklist: Cajun artist George Rodrigue first painted his distinctive, blueberry-colored pooch in 1984. Since then, Blue Dog has become a pop icon, the subject of several books by the author and many canvasses loved by both celebrities and the story-hour set, the audience for this picture book. Here, Rodrigue answers the title question by explaining that Blue Dog's color depends on what the artist is doing: when Rodrigue goes fishing, he paints the dog a salmon color; when Rodrigue wants a hot dog, he paints the dog mustard yellow, and so on.
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You might want to read the biography about the author and artist George Rodrigue at the end of the book.
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| Discussion topics for before reading: |
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Why do you think Blue Dog is blue?
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What is your favorite color?
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Can you find blue items in the classroom?
Vocabulary
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salmon - 1.a large edible fish that is a popular game fish, much prized for its pink flesh. Salmon mature in the sea but migrate to freshwater streams to spawn. 2. a pale pinkish orange color.
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swamp - an area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh.
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moss- a small flowerless green plant that lacks true roots, growing in low carpets or rounded cushions in damp habitats and reproducing by means of spores released from stalked capsules:
"the trees are overgrown with vines and moss"
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loup garou - [loo-ga-roo; English loo-guh-rooz]. French. a werewolf
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What other colors does the artist George paint Blue Dog?
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What are the colors of a rainbow? (ROYGBIV - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet)
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What is your favorite color and why?
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