The Mixed-Up Chameleon (1975)

by Eric Carle

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A bored chameleon wishes it could be more like all the other animals it sees, but soon decides it would rather just be itself. Cutouts along the edges of the pages display various animals and colors.

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Reading level 2-4 years
Awards
Parents’ Choice Award, 1988
IRA / CBC 100 Favorite Paperbacks 1989

jayceyrr | Apr 23, 2024 |

this book is about a chameleon who is trying to find its own identity. It changes colors to try to be like other animals, but then discovers that its perfect just the way it is-as a chameleon. I think this book did a great job of including themes of identity and bing yourself while also including fun illustrations!

kaylee.dicey | Apr 23, 2024 |

Sometimes we think being a certain way would change our lives for the better.

Our little chameleon’s life is perfectly designed for him.

A thought provoking story. (

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FamiliesUnitedLL | Jul 3, 2023 |

Be true to yourself and you can eat as many flies as you like has to be one of the weirdest morals ever, but I'm still not impressed with this transforming lizard and its self-image issues. (

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villemezbrown | Mar 7, 2023 |

A trip and a half, this one. I greatly enjoyed it, though possibly not for the reasons one might expect. (

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The Mixed-Up Chameleon

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1975

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Chameleon

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Dedicated to all the children who have worked with me on this book.

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On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.

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English

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A bored chameleon wishes it could be more like all the other animals it sees, but soon decides it would rather just be itself. Cutouts along the edges of the pages display various animals and colors.

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The chameleon's life was not very exciting until the day it discovered it could change not only its color but its shape and size,too. When it saw the wonderful animals in the zoo, it immediately wanted to be like them — and ended up like all of them at once — with hilarious results.

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