![]() ![]() I love using this as a teaching point with young readers who are becoming powerful enough decoders that they think they can skip studying a book’s illustrations. Readers have to really study the pictures at the book’s turning point to understand what Harpreet finds in the snow.This book is perfect for first graders learning to track how characters’ feelings change as the patka color Harpreet chooses so explicitly shows his mood.When Harpreet makes a friend in his new school, the colors return, as his world becomes colorful once again. But when he moves across the country to a new school, he wears only his white patka, the one he uses when he feels shy and wants to be invisible. ![]() Harpreet changes the colors of his patka based on his mood – pink for celebrating, red for bravery, yellow for cheeriness. Harpreet is a school-aged boy who wears a small turban, called a patka, in the tradition of the Sikh religion. ![]() The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh has been a favorite read aloud as I’ve visited K-2 classrooms this fall. ![]()
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