Teaching With The Picture Book: The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse

The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse  by Eric Carle was named one of the best picture books of 2011 for many reasons.  I like it because it teaches colors and reinforces creativity in preschoolers.  The book doesn't follow the traditional color patterns making a horse brown and a crocodile green.  This enables children to see the color first and then the animal.  It's also a lot fun, especially when the kids get to tell you how wrong you are!

Here are some coloring sheets to go along with this book.

Horse to color blue 

Crocodile to color red 

Cow to color yellow

Rabbit to color pink

Lion to color green

Elephant to color orange

Fox to color purple

Polar Bear to color black

Donkey to color with many colors

Here is a link to the book on Amazon

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