↳ RAISE THE FUTURE
The Big Orange Splot
by Daniel Pinkwater
A seagull drops paint on his roof. He decides to go with it.
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Mr. Plumbean lives on a neat street where all the houses look the same. Then a seagull drops a can of orange paint on his roof. Instead of repainting, he decorates his house to look like his dreams. His neighbors are horrified. Then one by one, they do the same. Pinkwater published this in 1977 and it remains the most joyful picture book about nonconformity ever written. No moralizing, no villain, no big lesson — just a man who decided his house should look like his dreams and the neighborhood that eventually caught the feeling. The book that tells children: your neighborhood should look like your dreams.
