TITLE: The Mixed-Up Chameleon
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Eric Carle
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins
Publisher PUBLICATION DATE: 2/28/1988
GENRE: fiction READING
LEVEL: second grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW:
A little chameleon thinks he is dull and wishes to be like other animals. He
realizes he can’t catch his food with his
new mixed up body and wishes to be himself again
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Ask students to write a
sentence or two answering “In what ways are you special?” Self esteem building exercise
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Ashley Copelan, VSU
LABELS: children’s
literature, general fiction, animals
