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Blue Hat, Green Hat (Boynton on Board) [Board book]

Sandra Boynton
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (151 customer reviews)

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October 11, 1984 1 and up Boynton on Board30L (What's this?)
Serious silliness for all ages. Artist Sandra Boynton is back and better than ever with completely redrawn versions of her multi-million selling board books. These whimsical and hilarious books, featuring nontraditional texts and her famous animal characters, have been printed on thick board pages, and are sure to educate and entertain children of all ages.

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From the Publisher

Serious silliness for all ages. Artist Sandra Boynton is back and better than ever with completely redrawn versions of her multi-million selling board books. These whimsical and hilarious books, featuring nontraditional texts and her famous animal characters, have been printed on thick board pages, and are sure to educate and entertain children of all ages.

About the Author

Sandra Boynton is a popular American cartoonist, writer, children's author, and songwriter. Since 1974, Boynton has written and illustrated over forty children's books and seven general audience books, including four New York Times Bestsellers. More than 35 million of her books have been sold—"mostly to friends and family," she says. She has also written and produced five albums of award-winning children's music. Three of her albums have been certified Gold, and Philadelphia Chickens, nominated for a Grammy, is nearing Platinum. In 2008, she was awarded the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Cartoonists Society.

Product Details

  • Age Range: 1 and up
  • Board book: 14 pages
  • Publisher: Little Simon (October 11, 1984)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0671493205
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671493202
  • Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.5 x 5.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (151 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,354 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sandra Boynton is a popular American humorist, songwriter, children's author and illustrator. Boynton has written and illustrated more than forty books for both children and adults, as well as over four thousand greeting cards, and four music albums. Although she does not license her characters to be redrawn or adapted, she has herself designed???for various companies???calendars, wallpaper, bedding, stationery, paper goods, clothing, jewelry, and plush toys.

Customer Reviews

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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Read to Your Child to Develop Bonding and Intellect! August 3, 2000
Format:Board book
Researchers constantly find that reading to children is valuable in a variety of ways, not least of which are instilling a love of reading and improved reading skills. With better parent-child bonding from reading, your child will also be more emotionally secure and able to relate better to others. Intellectual performance will expand as well. Spending time together watching television fails as a substitute.

To help other parents apply this advice, as a parent of four I consulted an expert, our youngest child, and asked her to share with me her favorite books that were read to her as a young child. Blue Hat, Green Hat was one of her picks.

Although ostensibly about colors, this book is subtly about much more. Clothes are put on an elephant, a bear, a moose, and a turkey. As you can imagine, putting clothes on a turkey is a challenge. So the turkey always has the clothes on in some strange way (shirt around tail feathers but not on legs, hat on the feet, pants around head and chest, socks on front feathers, coat on beak, etc.). That is a wonderful way to teach you child the word "oops" and to associate doing something unusual with fun. What a great preparation for mistakes later in life!

All of the pictures are pretty silly, so you will engage your child's sense of the ridiculous. For example, the elephant, bear and moose are standing on their hands when wearing colored pants.

For help with learning the colors, each sequence has the colors in a different order. That makes learning a greater challenge and more interesting.

By sticking with few colors and many situations, the task of learning is made manageable for the child. Since the story is short, it also matches a child's attention span....

Overcome your misconception stall that young children are not ready for humor and book learning!

Enjoy!

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Purple Socks! October 29, 2009
Format:Board book
Length: 1:41 Mins
My 2 1/2 year old daughter loves this book!
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Guaranteed Belly Laughs! August 10, 2002
Format:Board book
Well, the other animals seem to be able to put their clothes on (a task that takes quite a bit of early skill, as any parent or grandparent knows). But what about the poor rooster? Ooops! The poor thing just can't get it right.

This wonderful book is special on many levels. First of all, it tickles a toddler's funny bone like no other...listen to your child yell, "Ooops!" and break up laughing. Definitely a plus right there. Then, it subtly teaches colors (the blue hat is indeed blue, the green hat is indeed green, and so forth). And finally, it shows the child that it's OK to make mistakes, and that learning such a huge task as dressing oneself can be hard even for roosters!

Along with every other Boynton book I've ever seen, this one's a keeper.

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Boynton does it again! February 10, 2000
Format:Board book
My almost two-year old laughed and loved this book from the very first reading. He giggles at every "oops" every time, and is always saying "read again." An excellent book for helping children learn colors and articles of clothing, but most of all just a FUN book for parents to share with their kids. A great addition to our growing Boynton collection.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun for little ones April 28, 1999
By A Customer
Format:Board book
I have to start with a confession - I don't like this book! Sandra Boynton writes such great books that this one was a disappointment - I just don't find it very creative, or interesting. So why did I give it 4 stars? My two-year old LOVES IT! He laughs and laughs everytime we read it, and loves pointing out the different color pants, shirt, hat or whatever is on a given page. It's one of his favorites.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome! April 7, 1999
By A Customer
Format:Board book
This was my all time favorite book to read with my children. The simplicity of the humor in this book is very enjoyable. We love the silly turkey that just can't get it right, and even when he does get it right, gets it wrong. We always referred to this book as the "Oops book." Even if a child has no reading skills whatsoever, they will enjoy "reading" the oops part every 2 pages. I highly reccomend it!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for any child July 19, 2000
Format:Board book
I bought this book on a whim with a few other Boynton books, but it's one of my favorite. My son could "read" it before he was 2! I will read it in the dark to my son and he knows exactly where to supply the "Oops". I'm even going to send it to my friend's child in France, because it's so easy to match the words and pictures that I'm sure he'll enjoy it.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Oops! She did it again! April 11, 2005
By DSK
Format:Board book
I am so impressed with these series of books from Sandra Boynton! I LOVE this book! Yeah, I know, it is supposed to be more about my kids, but let's not underestimate the importance of a parent truly enjoying what they are reading out loud to their child!!!

This book is AWESOME! I think the turkey is hilarious in this book, and my children do too. I know my children like this book for themselves, but I think they also like how excited I get when they pick this book for me to read to them.

Not only is this book witty, smart, and visually appealing, but it is educational as well. This book teaches colors, articles of clothing, and how NOT to dress! LOL! That can be VERY important!

This book is a MUST, as well as ANY book from Sandra Boynton!!!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book!
The book was fine, grandson didn't seem as engaged in this one, but maybe will be later. All Sandra Boynton books are good and kids enjoy them.
Published 3 days ago by Karen S. Knapp
5.0 out of 5 stars Humour for Adults too
Boynton is fun for both of us. Just can't get enough - we have all the CDs too and dance, dance, dance......
Published 14 days ago by Marabar
5.0 out of 5 stars So funny for 2 & 3 yr old
My 3 year old loves to "read" this to my 2 year old. It's so cute because she has it memorized and they crack up every time. adorable book.
Published 14 days ago by Susan
5.0 out of 5 stars Boynton Books
My toddler loves this book. The turkey is the "Ooops" character and she likes to point out ooops. We have several other books by Boynton and this one is a favorite.
Published 15 days ago by Melissa J. Talarico
5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Boynton book
This is by far my favorite book by Sandra Boynton.
I feel this book is educational with its color recognition. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Squeeny
5.0 out of 5 stars Everything a Children's Book Should Be
A wonderful, humorous book for learning colors and clothing...with a shocking twist at the end! The hard cover is durable for babies and little hands.
Published 1 month ago by Kayla
5.0 out of 5 stars Great author!
Appealed to my 20 month old grandson and he is almost 2 and still loves all of her books! Wonderful!
Published 1 month ago by tinkerbell
4.0 out of 5 stars It is okay!
It is a book for toddlers to learn colors but I don't know how much of it a toddler can really learn except for the fun with which the colors are named! Read more
Published 2 months ago by G. Ganesh
5.0 out of 5 stars My niece loved it!
I bought this for my niece's birthday and she loves it. She now has it memorized and 'reads' it to herself.
Published 3 months ago by Chris
5.0 out of 5 stars Two Year Old Daughter's Favorite
While it can be repetitive, it is the first book that has encouraged a verbal response from my 27 month old son. She loves to say "oops! Read more
Published 3 months ago by HGTM
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