Elmo's Christmas Colors Written & Illustrated by Constance Allen and David Prebenna

Allen, Constance, and David Prebenna. Elmo's Christmas Colors. New York: Random House, 2000. Print. 16 pages
Age Group:	1 to 4 years
Book Format:	Picture Book
Annotation:	All colors that can be associated with Christmas are portrayed with Sesame Street characters. Such as red striped candy canes, gold bows, yellow skies and white snow will that children will remember by using association with familiar characters and items.
Personal Reaction:	The story is told in rhyme which is a fun way for children to increase vocabulary. This book may not be appropriate for families that do not celebrate Christmas.
Keywords/Tags:	Color, Christmas, Puppets, Stories in rhyme
Early Literacy Skills Enhancements:	Vocabulary Skills ~Promote literacy and the love of language ~Develop and increase emergent literacy skills and vocabulary Print Motivation ~Increase interest in and enjoyment of books Visual Literacy Skills ~Pictures have meanings ~Pictures and words are different Reading Readiness, which includes understanding that ~Pages turn from right to left ~Books have a front, back and right side up ~Stories have structure and development of a sense of story Print Awareness ~Provide a language enrichment environment ~Show the importance of and provide an opportunity for young readers to listen, observe, imitate, and practice language while interacting with books. Narrative Skills ~Young readers will be able to re-tell a story based on the illustrations in Picture Books Phonological Awareness ~Enhanced by guessing rhymes ~Repeating repetitious words