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In this imaginative book, Eric Carle invites young readers to discover complementary colors while enjoying the amusing story of Little Frog and his colorful friends.It’s Little Frog’s birthday, and Mama Frog gets a big surprise when the guests show up for his party—all the animals are the wrong color! Little Frog tells her she’s not looking long enough, and he’s right.

In this imaginative book, Eric Carle invites young readers to discover complementary colors while enjoying the amusing story of Little Frog and his colorful friends.It’s Little Frog’s birthday, and Mama Frog gets a big surprise when the guests show up for his party—all the animals are the wrong color! Little Frog tells her she’s not looking long enough, and he’s right.

"One evening about two hundred years ago, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe stopped at a tavern to dine. As he sat at his table, he gazed at the waitress who stood taking an order at a nearby table. Her red dress stood out in sharp contrast against the white wall behind her. When the waitress moved away, Goethe continued to stare in the same direction, at the wall. Then a strange thing happened: on the white wall he saw a faint glowing image of the waitress's dress - but it was green, not red! Why? the moment of wonder led Goethe into more than twenty years of scientific research on color. ... He determined that there were three primary colors - red, blue and yellow - from which all other colors could be made, and that each color had an opposite, or complementary color. ... Important In order to enjoy this book, follow these simple steps: The pages should be fairly well-lighted. Stare at the dot inside the red heart. Slowly count to ten without moving your eyes. Then move your eyes to the dot on the opposite blank page. Count to three. A faint green heart will appear around the dot. ... Now you are ready to enjoy the story." (Quote from the book.)

Mama Frog gets a big surprise when the guests arrive for Little Frog's birthday party: Red Fox looks green to her! Orange Cat looks blue! What has gone wrong? With the active help of the reader, Little Frog shows Mama Frog how to see the animals in their more familiar colors. Is it magic? No, it's a remarkable function of the human eye. As Little Frog demonstrates, anyone can do it. Small readers will enjoy taking part in the fun of changing the colors of the animals. And they will laugh at the effect they themselves can create at the end of the story when Mama Frog gives Little Frog an embarrassing birthday kiss! Eric Carle believes that learning should be a joyful experience. In this imaginative book he invites young readers to discover complementary colors while enjoying the amusing story of Little Frog and his colorful friends.