With this thought he cheerfully climbed onto the greenest leaf. One day a chameleon who was sitting on a tiger’s tail said to himself, If I remain on a leaf I shall be green forever, and so I too will have a color of my own. This small board book edition of the classic tale of self-acceptance and friendship will be a favorite for toddlers and parents alike. And on the tiger they are striped like tigers. Lionni's signature watercolors span the rainbow in this story of a chameleon who, while searching for his. This video is read aloud of the book 'A Color of His Own' By Leo LionniI DO NOT OWN the rights to this book.Learn more about the author here. Every animal has his own special color/s except the chameleon. Leo Lionni, children's book creator extraordinaire, author of such beloved picture books as Frederick, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse, Swimmy, and Inch by Inch, all Caldecott Honor winners, introduces color concepts in an exquisite and touching story. Dragonfly Books, 6.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-5-0. It isn't until he befriends another older, wiser chameleon that our hero begins to find inner peace, even as his outer surface is transformed again and again. He thinks, 'If I remain on a leaf, I shall be green forever, and so I too will have a color of my own.' Of course, what he doesn't take into account is the changes wrought by autumn, and soon the green chameleon is yellow, then red, and then tumbled to the ground for the long black winter night. In the heather they are purple.' One chameleon is not pleased with his changeable appearance.

'Parrots are green, elephants are gray, pigs are pink.' But chameleons change color wherever they go.

A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni