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Where Are My Slippers? A Book of Colors
Carolyn, Terry. M.D., Where Are My Slippers? A Book of Colors. Banana Patch Press (3865 Hanapepe Rd., Hanapepe, Kauai, HI, 96716), 2005. 32 p. ISBN 13: 978-0-9715333-6-3 (hc) $16.95. Illus.
In Where Are My Slippers? A Book of Colors, Dr. Carolyn engages children ages 2 through 7 with rhyme, colorful zoo animals and a hunt for a lost pair of slippers. The opening lines “I lost my slippers at the zoo, my favorite slippers, which are blue” begin the search for a pair of blue slippers at the Honolulu Zoo. Throughout the story different colored zoo animals such as a pink flamingo, a green iguana, and a gray elephant are asked if they have seen the blue slippers. None of these animals have seen the blue slippers, but each of them dons their own pair of slippers to match their particular coloring. The lively watercolor illustrations are presented in double-page spreads that capture the playful nature of this amusing narrative. Not to be a spoiler, but you’ll be relieved to know, at the end of the story the slippers are found “At last, I saw at the water’s edge, my blue slippers by a ledge!”
Dr. Carolyn has been a pediatrician in private practice on Kauai since 1977. Joanna Carolyn, the illustrator, is an artist and owner of Banana Patch Studio, which features fine art watercolors and ceramics. Together they have published 4 books and are currently working on the 5th. Their first book Ten Days in Hawaii: A Counting Book, received the Ka Palapala Po’okela honorable mention award from the Hawaii Book Publisher’s Association in the children’s illustrated book category. They also published B is for Beach, An Alphabet Book and Goodnight Hawaiian Moon, which contains a read along CD. The CD features music sung by Amy Hanaiali’i Gilliom, a Grammy Award Nominee for Best Hawaiian Music Album and Ken Emerson, a recipient of the Kahili Award, performing traditional slack key guitar.
Dr. Carolyn utilizes slippers, something every young child growing up in Hawai’i is familiar with, to teach colors. The experience of misplacing ones slippers is all too common in Hawai’i: both children and adults can identify with such a dilemma. Dr. Carolyn also incorporates zoo animals, a favorite of children. Because children learn better when they relate to something, in addition to being entertaining, the story is effective in teaching children colors. The clever rhymes, colorful slippers and zoo animals together provide the young reader with both enjoyment and a survey of the basic colors. Furthermore, the last page has drawings of slippers in every color; beside each pair of slippers is both the English and Hawaiian spelling of the color. Thus, it provides the reader with an introduction to the colors in Hawaiian. Perhaps most important, these contributions make this selection a perfect choice for a read-aloud.
Books covering topics such as colors, slippers and zoo animals are not lacking in most Hawaiiana children’s book collections. For example, in Mo’o’s Colors, published by Island Heritage in 2002, Tammy Yee uses rhyme and the Hawaiian flora and fauna to teach colors in both Hawaiian and English. Further, in Whose Slippers are Those?, published by Bess Press in 2005, Marilyn Kahalewai cleverly entertains readers with colorful slippers and opposites and in Mutual Publishing’s 1997 book entitled What if Elephants Wore Hula Skirts at the Honolulu Zoo? Jo Au introduces children in a humorous way to many beloved zoo animals. Although a number of children’s Hawaiiana books address topics such as colors, slippers and zoo animals, Dr. Carolyn does a fine job of incorporating these three elements into one story, thus providing a unique approach to learning colors that relates to children growing up in Hawaii. Librarians and school teachers alike will appreciate the books ability to entertain the reader along with its ability to teach colors; the book
In Where Are My Slippers? A Book of Colors, Dr. Carolyn engages children ages 2 through 7 with rhyme, colorful zoo animals and a hunt for a lost pair of slippers. The opening lines “I lost my slippers at the zoo, my favorite slippers, which are blue” begin the search for a pair of blue slippers at the Honolulu Zoo. Throughout the story different colored zoo animals such as a pink flamingo, a green iguana, and a gray elephant are asked if they have seen the blue slippers. None of these animals have seen the blue slippers, but each of them dons their own pair of slippers to match their particular coloring. The lively watercolor illustrations are presented in double-page spreads that capture the playful nature of this amusing narrative. Not to be a spoiler, but you’ll be relieved to know, at the end of the story the slippers are found “At last, I saw at the water’s edge, my blue slippers by a ledge!”
Dr. Carolyn has been a pediatrician in private practice on Kauai since 1977. Joanna Carolyn, the illustrator, is an artist and owner of Banana Patch Studio, which features fine art watercolors and ceramics. Together they have published 4 books and are currently working on the 5th. Their first book Ten Days in Hawaii: A Counting Book, received the Ka Palapala Po’okela honorable mention award from the Hawaii Book Publisher’s Association in the children’s illustrated book category. They also published B is for Beach, An Alphabet Book and Goodnight Hawaiian Moon, which contains a read along CD. The CD features music sung by Amy Hanaiali’i Gilliom, a Grammy Award Nominee for Best Hawaiian Music Album and Ken Emerson, a recipient of the Kahili Award, performing traditional slack key guitar.
Dr. Carolyn utilizes slippers, something every young child growing up in Hawai’i is familiar with, to teach colors. The experience of misplacing ones slippers is all too common in Hawai’i: both children and adults can identify with such a dilemma. Dr. Carolyn also incorporates zoo animals, a favorite of children. Because children learn better when they relate to something, in addition to being entertaining, the story is effective in teaching children colors. The clever rhymes, colorful slippers and zoo animals together provide the young reader with both enjoyment and a survey of the basic colors. Furthermore, the last page has drawings of slippers in every color; beside each pair of slippers is both the English and Hawaiian spelling of the color. Thus, it provides the reader with an introduction to the colors in Hawaiian. Perhaps most important, these contributions make this selection a perfect choice for a read-aloud.
Books covering topics such as colors, slippers and zoo animals are not lacking in most Hawaiiana children’s book collections. For example, in Mo’o’s Colors, published by Island Heritage in 2002, Tammy Yee uses rhyme and the Hawaiian flora and fauna to teach colors in both Hawaiian and English. Further, in Whose Slippers are Those?, published by Bess Press in 2005, Marilyn Kahalewai cleverly entertains readers with colorful slippers and opposites and in Mutual Publishing’s 1997 book entitled What if Elephants Wore Hula Skirts at the Honolulu Zoo? Jo Au introduces children in a humorous way to many beloved zoo animals. Although a number of children’s Hawaiiana books address topics such as colors, slippers and zoo animals, Dr. Carolyn does a fine job of incorporating these three elements into one story, thus providing a unique approach to learning colors that relates to children growing up in Hawaii. Librarians and school teachers alike will appreciate the books ability to entertain the reader along with its ability to teach colors; the book
Submitted by Stephanie Ibbs, LIS Student, University of Hawaii at Manoa, April 2007.
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