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August 14, 2019 by Travis Jonker

H.G.T.V. (Home and Garden, Travis Version): Painting a Room in the Style of a Well-Known Children’s Book

August 14, 2019 by Travis Jonker   5 comments

My strategy for painting a room is pretty simple. Two words in fact. Gray Horse.

But what if I actually had the guts to choose a color? A real color? A color that connects with something I love: picture books?

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Well, if I was that person, I’d get myself over to this website, enter the covers of some books I love, and choose a color from that.

Below are the color palettes of some well known books. Maybe you’ll find something to put on the walls of your house?

But! Just for fun, how about we keep the book a secret until you click on the answer below each palette?

Click here for the book.

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About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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  1. Jennifer Sniadecki says

    August 15, 2019 at 6:01 pm

    What a cool experiment !

  2. Helen Frost says

    August 16, 2019 at 3:55 pm

    Well, that was fun!

    • Travis Jonker says

      August 18, 2019 at 8:46 am

      Hi Helen! Thanks for giving it a shot

  3. Heather Kinser says

    August 18, 2019 at 2:33 am

    I got one right!

    • Travis Jonker says

      August 18, 2019 at 8:47 am

      Nice work!

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