The Big Orange Splot

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author = Daniel Manus Pinkwater
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publisher = Scholastic Inc
pub_date = 1977
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pages = 32
isbn = ISBN 9780590445103
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"The Big Orange Splot" is a children's picture book by Daniel Manus Pinkwater. It was published in 1977 by Scholastic Inc, New York. The age range is ages 4-8, and all 32 pages have a full color picture, which helps the child visualize when reading.

Plot

The main character, Mr. Plumbean, lives on a "neat street" where all the houses look the same. A seagull flies over his house and drops a can of bright orange paint on his roof, but instead of repainting his house to look like all the others on the street, Mr. Plumbean paints it to look like all his dreams. His neighbors send people to talk him into repainting his house to look like theirs, but everyone he talks to ends up painting their houses like their dreams also. In the end, all the neighbors say:

"Our street is us and we are it. Our street is where we like to be, and it looks like all our dreams."

The drawings were made with markers, and if one looks closely one can see the marker lines.

Use in education

The book is being used in elementary school education in the US. [cite web
title =e-readers Lesson Plan: The Big Orange Splot
publisher = e-readers Project (Seminole County)
url = http://www.ereaders.scps.k12.fl.us/lessonplans/orangesplotlesson.htm
accessdate = 2007-10-19 ] [cite web
title =Lesson: Dream Houses
publisher =TeachNet-lab.org
url =http://www.teachnet-lab.org/ps101/mcquade/dreamhouses2.htm
accessdate = 2007-10-19 ] [cite web
title = It's a Beautiful Day In This Neighborhood... Won't You Be My Neighbor?
publisher = Chariho Regional School District, Rhode Island
url = http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/faculty/kkvre/units/2002/rictwo/neighborhoods.html
accessdate = 2007-10-19 ]

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