Peep and the Big Wide World ® is produced by WGBH and 9 Story Entertainment in association with TVOntario. “Peep,” “Quack,” “Chirp,” “Tom” and “Nellie” were originally created by Kai Pindal for the National Film Board of Canada productions The Peep Show, © National Film Board of Canada, 1962, and Peep and the Big Wide World, © National Film Board of Canada, 1988. All third party trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Peep and the Big Wide World and the Peep characters and related indicia are trademarks of WGBH Educational Foundation. Which color chameleon did you like best? If you look closely at the colors, what do you notice? (The chameleon is actually different shades of a color.).What ended up making the chameleon happy?.What happened when he climbed on a lemon, a tiger, a leaf?.How did the chameleon change in the story?.Ask them to notice if there are any similarities between those chameleons and the chameleon in this story. Ask them what they observed about the chameleon in either the video or book. Remind children of the chameleon they saw in the video, Hide and Go Peep, or in the book Animal Disguises. Ask, what do you think this book might be about? Tell children that the animal on the cover is a chameleon. Then read the title and the author's name. Something of one color against a background of a contrasting color is easy to see.īefore reading: Ask children to look at the cover and describe what they see.Something of one color against a background of a similar color may be hard to see.Leo Lionni died in October of 1999 at his home in Tuscany, Italy, at the age of 89. He received the 1984 American Institute of Graphic Arts Gold Medal and was a four-time Caldecott Honor Winner-for Inch by Inch, Frederick, Swimmy, and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse. Leo Lionni wrote and illustrated more than 40 highly acclaimed children’s books.

No matter where he goes with his new friend, they will always be alike.Ĭolourful illustrations and spare prose make this story of friendship perfect for a board book edition to i ntroduce simple colour concepts to toddlers. When another chameleon suggests they travel together, he learns that companionship is more important than having a colour of his own. But in the autumn, the leaf changes from green to yellow to red. He is purple like the heather, yellow like a lemon, even black and orange striped like a tiger! Then one day a chameleon has an idea to remain one colour forever by staying on the greenest leaf he can find. Only the chameleon has no colour of his own.

A colour of his own book