Review: Happy Coincidences!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 8, 2013
Einat and Moty Altman create a bedtime story that Dad tells Allie about the most boring man in the world and Allie decides to paint it as he tells it. The boring man lives in a boring grey and beige town, did the same thing every morning (put on a boring green shirt and trousers, sat in his green kitchen eating a green breakfast, painted at is table using only green paint), and spent the afternoon playing one note on the piano. UNTIL one day a colorful butterfly lands on his nose, left colorful footprints on his painting and flew away. The result of this little intrusion is the boring man discovering other colors and adding them to his painting, trying different notes on the piano, and buying a new wardrobe of colorful clothes. Delighted with his changes he treats himself to a multicolored and flavored ice cream cone. On a walk he meets a beautiful woman who was wearing clothes with all the colors on the butterfly. The man takes her for ice cream and what flavor does she order? Green pistachio! Discovering each other's differences makes them both very happy - and Allie has colored every thing her Dad had read to her!The story is delightful on many levels, the illustrations are excellent, and the little secret at the end about the author's daughter is a charmer.  Comes with a free video gift. This is a sure hit for small children! Grady Harp. August 13