变色龙很苦恼，因为他没有自己的颜色，他总是走到哪儿，颜色就变成什么样。有一天，他遇见了另外一只变色龙，他们约定：既然改变不了现实的条件，就一起改变身上的颜色。从此以后，两只变色龙过上了快乐而满足的生活……

Elephants are gray. Pigs are pink. Only the chameleon has nocolor of his own. He is purple like the heather, yellow like alemon, even black and orange striped like a tiger! Then one day achameleon has an idea to remain one color forever by staying on thegreenest leaf he can find. But in the autumn, the leaf changes fromgreen to yellow to red . . . and so does the chameleon. Whenanother chameleon suggests they travel together, he learns thatcompanionship is more important than having a color of his own. Nomatter where he goes with his new friend, they will always bealike.

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你的存在就是一抹独特的颜色，接纳自己，才能获得真正的认同

 让孩子学会认识自我，敢于做真实的自己

 四届凯迪克奖得主、《田鼠阿佛》作者李欧 李奥尼经典杰作

 “如果绘本是我们这个时代一种新的视觉艺术，李欧·李奥尼则是这种风格的大家。”   ——《纽约时报》

Every animal has a color of its own. "Parrots are green,elephants are gray, pigs are pink." But chameleons change colorwherever they go. "On lemons they are yellow. In the heather theyare purple." One chameleon is not pleased with his changeableappearance. He thinks, "If I remain on a leaf, I shall be greenforever, and so I too will have a color of my own." Of course, whathe doesn't take into account is the changes wrought by autumn, andsoon the green chameleon is yellow, then red, and then tumbled tothe ground for the long black winter night. It isn't until hebefriends another older, wiser chameleon that our hero begins tofind inner peace, even as his outer surface is transformed againand again.

Leo Lionni, children's book creator extraordinaire, author ofsuch beloved picture books as Frederick, Alexander and the Wind-UpMouse, Swimmy, and Inch by Inch, all Caldecott Honor winners,introduces color concepts in an exquisite and touching story. Thissmall board book edition of the classic tale of self-acceptance andfriendship will be a favorite for toddlers and parents alike. (Babyto preschool) --Emilie Coulter

作者简介

李欧李奥尼，  美国儿童文学作家、画家，出生于荷兰阿姆斯特丹。尽管李奥尼开始创作绘本时已经49岁，他却开创了一个绘本的新时代，他笔下的故事生动有趣又富含哲理，被誉为“二十世纪的伊索”。

代表作《一寸虫》《小黑鱼》《田鼠阿佛》《亚历山大和发条老鼠》分别于 1961年、1964年、1968年及1970年荣获美国凯迪克大奖。  

Mary Downing Hahn, a former children's librarian, is theaward-winning author of many popular ghost stories, including Deepand Dark and Dangerous and The Old Willis Place. An avid reader,traveler, and all-around arts lover, Ms. Hahn lives in Columbia,Maryland, with her two cats, Oscar and Rufus

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