Too Purpley! (Too! Books) - Hardcover

Reidy, Jean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1599903075 ISBN 13: 9781599903071

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2010

Synopsis

Too purpley, too tickly, too puckery, too prickly!

There is not a single outfit in the closet that our little fashion plate wants to wear. She tries on everything, but nothing is quite right. And the outfits are getting wilder by the minute!

It's a scene that is all too familiar to parents, wrapped up in a package that is all too difficult to resist: a playful rhyme scheme and colorful, textile-driven art.

About this title

About the Author

Author Jean Reidy's been told that a naughty little kid lurks somewhere inside her - and she takes that as a high compliment. She writes from her home in Greenwood Village, Colorado where she lives with her husband, Mike. She has four children and hoards of nieces and nephews who provide her endless inspiration. Too Purpley! is her first picture book. Please visit her at www.jeanreidy.com.

Geneviève Leloup studied graphic arts, animation and printing in Belgium where she was born. Her whimsical illustrations have highlighted editorial articles, paper products, ads, packaging, children's furniture and textiles including lots of children's clothes! She loved working on her first book. When not drawing, she travels as far as possible, bakes large amounts of cookies and plays accordion in her Brooklyn digs.

From Booklist

Author Reidy’s first picture book features an insistent young girl (and future fashionista) who finds fault with every outfit she is offered. Her complaints range from “too purpley” to “too feathery” to “too polka-dotty” and everything in between. Leloup, also in her picture-book debut, manages to follow Reidy’s imaginative, rhyming text, illustrating such challenges as “too matchy” (a dress with the same pattern as the wallpaper, carpeting, and chair) and “too baggy” (a jumper that looks as if it were created from a brown paper bag, including pinked edges). Luckily for everyone, she manages to find something (“So comfy! Just right”) in time to catch the school bus. Children and parents are sure to identify with this girl’s sartorial issues, and Leloup’s whimsical watercolors highlight the absurdity of her choices. Pair this with Margaret Chodos-Irvine’s Ella Sarah Gets Dressed (2003) for an apparel-themed story hour. A companion volume, Too Pickley!, is in the works. Preschool-Kindergarten. --Kay Weisman

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1599903075
• ISBN 13: 9781599903071
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Leloup Geneviève