Thursday, November 19, 2009

Colors and Words




“We are alike in the same ways,” a child once wrote to me. “I like colors and you like colors, I like words and you like words.”

9 comments:

  1. Simple, but profound. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. It is amazing how children extract some profound understandings...I love to learn from them.

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  3. That's precious Mr. Carle! LOVE sharing your work with our preschool kiddos! We'd love to have you come read to them if you are ever in Ft. Worth, TX!!!!

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  4. My 2 years old loves your "A very hungry caterpillar".
    Thanks for all the good books!

    (from malaysia)

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  5. If it wasn't already clear that many, many children connect with your books, look at this report: The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a most-read book for first, second, and third graders: http://www.renlearn.com/whatkidsarereading/ !

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  6. That is beautiful, Mr. Carle. You are in such a wonderful place with your talent to reach out to all of us!

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  7. Lovely! That is so sweet & simple, yet so powerful. What a gift you have for connecting with people - across the generations & all over the world!

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