- Book Cover Image
- Book
Summary: Lilly is a precocious little girl that loves school and
especially loves her teacher, Mr. Slinger. She spends her days trying to
emulate him and aiming to please him. One day, she brings a new purse to
school and despite Mr. Slinger's directive to put it away until sharing
time, Lilly can't help but keep it out and she ends up distracting the
day's lessons to the point of having it taken away. She retaliates by
composing a mean letter to her teacher and leaving it for him to find. Her
decision, however, leads to an event that leaves her feeling remorseful
and she quickly learns a lesson learned in forgiveness and kindness.
- APA
Reference of Book: Henkes, K. (1996). Lilly's purple
plastic purse. New York, NY: Harper Collins.
- Impressions: Kevin
Henkes is one of my favorite authors because of his ability to create such
relatable themes for the early childhood audience. This story in
particular captures the attention of readers with an exhuberant talking
mouse character illustrated in great detail. Henkes' style of writing from
a child's perspective makes the story not only enjoyable to hear, but
enjoyable to read as a teacher. His use of onomotapeaia and speech bubbles
lends itself to using lots of expression while reading. I love using this book
at the beginning of the year while setting routines and procedures for the
class. Children in my class are always so excited to bring things to
school that using this story is a perfect springboard to talk about our
policy for sharing items from home.
- Professional
Review: PreS-Gr 2- Lilly loves everything about school-even
the squeaky chalk and cafeteria food. But most of all, she loves her
teacher, Mr. Slinger, who is a sharp dresser and greets his students with
an uncharacteristic "Howdy." The little mouse will do anything
for him-until he refuses to allow her to interrupt lessons to show the
class her new movie-star sunglasses, three shiny quarters, and purple
plastic purse. Seething with anger, she writes a mean story about him and
places it in his book bag at the end of the day. But when she looks in her
purse, she discovers that he has written her a kind note and even left her
a bag of treats. Filled with remorse, Lilly sets out to make amends. Rich
vocabulary and just the right amount of repetition fuse perfectly with the
watercolor and black-pen illustrations. With a few deft strokes, Henkes
changes Lilly's facial expressions and body langauge to reveal a full
range of emotions. When she realizes how unfair she has been, Lilly
shrinks smaller and smaller. When all ends well, she leaps for joy in her
familiar red boots right out of the picture's frame. Clever dialogue and
other funny details will keep readers looking good and laughing. As the
cover and end papers attest, Lilly emerges once again a star.
Saccardi, M. (1996). Preschool and
primary [Review of the book Lilly's purple plastic purse, by
K. Henkes]. School library
journal, 42(8), p122.
- Library
Uses: Perfect read-aloud to introduce Keven Henkes as an author
study. His writing style, characters, and themes can all be compared
and anchor charts can be created to illustrate observations.
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