A Million Chameleons

by James Young

Book Overview

A million chameleons visit the zoo, climb a tree, and ride a merry-go-round, changing colour as they go.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316971294
• ISBN13: 9780316971294
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.2" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

One of this teacher's favorite books!

I bought this book about 15 years ago in an overstock bin. I have been kicking myself ever since because I didn't buy every copy there- sadly I think that this book is now out of print. I am currently a second grade teacher but when I was a prek teacher and a kindergarten teacher the kids went wild over this book. It quickly became one of my top ten favorite kids books- and that's big coming from someone who has read a lot of kids books! I now have a six year old and she loves this book too. It was one of her favorites as a toddler. I hope that someone out there will smarten up and bring this book back into print so more and more children can enjoy it.

The second time around

My oldest daughter, now 10, loved this book when she was small. We read it over and over. In fact, I can still quote passages! We read it so many times it fell apart. I am buying again it so she can give it to her little sister for her first birthday. I am sure my soon-to-be 1-year-old also will love it.No, you can't tell from the illustrations what these creatures are, but it really doesn't matter. Children's books are about getting kids excited about reading. This helped to do that for my older daughter. And I hope it will do that for my baby as well.This really needs to be back in print!

Horn Books - WHO?

...Million Chameleons is one of the best kids books around. My daughter is just two and we borrowed the book from the local library. In the 2 weeks we had it it was read enough for myself and my wife to commit it to memory word for word. As my little girl then spent a week asking for the book every evening and looking sad when we said it had gone back I have spent the last few days tracking a copy down (Successfully!).Realistic illustrations? Of Chameleons water skiing and riding on a merry go round? Yeah.. right.. OK so they look like coloured blobs but Maisy loves em and we do too. ... If your kids are under five buy this book... if they are not... buy it anyway for the grandchildren while you still can. It's a classic.

A Million Chameleons

Out of the thousands of books I read to my two children when they were little, this book is one of the best. The kids LOVED it, wanted to hear it over and over again. It's cute and very clever in its rhyming, having the little chameleons turn different colors with each adventure. Doesn't matter if your kids like chameleons, or even know what one looks like. This book is fun to read, and is one of those rare children's books that is not painful for adults to repeat daily for several years. It's a definite keeper!

Get this book back in print!

As a mother of three and a student studying emergent literacy, I have to tell you that every pre-schooler that has read this book with me has gone completely nuts over it. It doesn't matter if they don't know what a chameleon is or that the pictures don't really look like lizards. Emergent literacy is about getting kids excited about books. It's about making kids feel like competent readers. It's not about "realistic" illustrations. It's about getting kids excited enough that they say "Read it again.".