Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse 20th Anniversary Edition
On Sale: 03/01/2016
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse 20th Anniversary Edition
On Sale: 03/01/2016
Format:
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
Bulletin Blue Ribbon (The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)
ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice
ALA Notable Children’s Book
About the Book
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse is twenty! In 1986, Lilly—award-winning author Kevin Henkes’s exuberant and beloved mouse character—finally got her first starring role with the publication of Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. As USA Today proclaimed, “Lilly is one of the great female characters in literature—like Anna Karenina with whiskers or Scarlett O’Hara with paws.” A modern classic, Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse has sold more than one million copies and was named to ten “best of the year” lists. This special twentieth anniversary edition features a letter from Kevin Henkes about Lilly printed inside the book, and a celebratory and sparkly foil jacket.
Critical Praise
“Lilly is one of the great female characters in literature—like Anna Karenina with whiskers or Scarlett O’Hara with paws.” - USA Today
“In all of children’s literature there is just a handful of characters we think of as family—Madeline, Winnie-the-Pooh, and Charlotte come to mind—and when this young generation is old enough to reflect on the ones it loved, Lilly will probably lead the pack.” - New York Times Book Review
Product Details
- ISBN: 9780062424198
- ISBN 10: 006242419X
- Imprint: Greenwillow Books
- On Sale: 03/01/2016
- Pages: 40
- List Price:21.99 CAD
- Ages: 4 to 8
- BISAC1 : JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories
- BISAC2 : JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings
- BISAC3 : JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Themes)