The Color Kittens [SEP] illustrator
The Color Kittens
The Color Kittens is a children's book by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen, and published, as part of the Little Golden Books series, in 1949.
Plot.
The story revolves around two kittens, "Hush" and "Brush," who attempt to create green paint through mixing their other paints. Their attempts lead to a variety of different hues—none of them green. The book's famous catch phrase is "Blue is blue, and red is
red! They still need green!"
Publication history.
- "The Color Kittens", 1949, USA, Simon and Schuster
- "The Colour Kittens", 1973, Australia, Golden Press
- "The Color Kittens", (Kathi Ember, illustrator) 1994, USA, Western Publishing
- "The Color Kittens", 2003, USA, Random House
Reception.
Children's book author and illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky, for whom the book was a childhood favorite and inspiration,