The World Needs More Purple Schools (My Purple World) - Hardcover

Bell, Kristen; Hart, Benjamin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593434900 ISBN 13: 9780593434901

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2022

Synopsis

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • It's back to school with Kristen Bell and Benjamin Hart! Learn how to paint your school purple with this follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestseller The World Needs More Purple People.

Penny Purple taught us how to be a purple person. A person who finds common ground with others while celebrating what makes them unique! Now Penny and her pals will put their purple skills into action in their very favorite place -- their classroom! How do you make a purple school?  It will take curiosity, sharing, hard work, and lots of laughs!

About this title

About the Author

Kristen Bell is an American actress and producer who has starred in such films as Frozen, Bad Moms, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, as well as the television series The Good Place and Veronica Mars. She has been a guest editor for Parents magazine and has been featured in parenting articles on platforms like Motherly, Real Simple, Babble, and more. She also produces and stars in the web series Momsplaining for EllenTube.

Benjamin Hart is a multidisciplinary designer and creative director. He is currently a principal partner and the co-president of Brains on Fire, a creative agency that specializes in building communities and sparking social movements through the power of identity and narrative. Benjamin has worked on numerous projects and campaigns focused on early childhood development and education.

Together the duo also helped launch a new baby company in 2019 called Hello Bello, which provides families with access to premium and more natural products at affordable prices.

Daniel Wiseman is an illustrator of children's literature. He's drawn pictures for several published works including My Brother the Duck by Pat Zietlow Miller, the Baby Scientist series by Laura Gehl, among many others. Previously he was the co-founder and creative director of Pixel Press, a technology company who created the Bloxels Video Game Building software. A platform dedicated to teaching children the design process through game creation. Daniel, along with his talented wife Elizabeth, raise two sons in their little cabin in the East Tennessee woods.

Reviews

PreS-K-By extending the lesson of their original "purple people" metaphor from The World Needs More Purple People to this book, Bell and Hart seek to open the minds of their readers-as well as those of adults, or "mostly grown adults," in schools-to the idea of building and learning in a "purple school." Led by a bubbly tour guide, Penny Purple, readers visit every room of her "purple" elementary school, a place where creativity blends richly with learning, like how red and blue mix into a perfect purple hue. Readers will be busy taking in the many activities that the students and teachers engage in with joyful enthusiasm; huge smiles fill the characters' faces, even as their simple, sharp-angled forms appear in constant motion, reaching, presenting, or dancing on the pages. In an electrifying voice, Penny applauds the meaningful mindset that her school supports to create a special sense of community, speaking matter-of-factly-with some funny examples-about how collaboration, curiosity, and hard work are a part of every lesson at a purple school. One sparkling note in Penny's animated speech lies in her inspiring claim that silliness, laughter, and individuality are just as important to the growth of the world. While seemingly simple in its message, this book reminds readers that the collaborative will and purposeful actions of all are needed to make this ideal learning environment a reality. VERDICT Engaging with its honesty, silliness, and inspirational message, this book celebrates the idea of a "purple school" to help students and teachers alike put the united value of learning and being yourself into perspective.-Rachel Mulliganα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593434900
• ISBN 13: 9780593434901
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Wiseman Daniel
• Number of pages: 40