Purplicious

Purplicious by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann

Pre K – 2^nd grade

4 stars

            Pinkalicious loves the color pink, but her classmates think pink is for babies.  She starts to believe they are right, but then she finds a friend who loves purple.

            This book is a follow up to Pinkalicious.  Usually a sequel or a continuation of a book is not as enjoyable as the first one.   But I really enjoyed it because it has value and teaches the kids that it is not a bad thing to be unique.  Growing up a little part of me, felt that I was different but I never cared what others thought so I can relate to Pinkalicious.  One page that I really enjoyed was when she has four pages of her diary showing and it starts off nice with “I am who I am and I like pink.”  Then the fourth page says, “Pink has no purpose.”  This was a nice way to show how her thoughts and ideas of pink changed because of the children at school.

            If I had Pinkalicious in my classroom, I would definitely have Purplicious in my classroom.  The pages are fun to look at and it has an important lesson to teach.  You could have the students write about their favorite color on paper of their favorite color.  They could write about anything, make a list of things in that color, write a new story with a similar title (blualicious), or even write a new story about purple.