[nabs-l] May print/braille book: Lilly!

[Tony Grima]

May 2011 Book Club Selection
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse	
Kevin Henkes
Print/braille edition, $17.99
In contracted braille 
Ages 4-8

Lilly the mouse loves everything about school - even the squeaky chalk and
the cafeteria food. But most of all, she idolizes her teacher, Mr. Slinger,
who wears hip clothes and greets Lilly's artistic achievements with an
impressed, "Wow!" When she comes to school flaunting three jingly quarters,
movie-star glasses and a purple plastic purse that plays a jaunty tune when
opened, she interrupts Mr. Slinger's lessons on "Types of Cheese" and words
that rhyme with "mice." After one too many disruptions, he confiscates the
purse for the rest of the day. Lilly, humiliated, takes revenge by slipping
a mean drawing into Mr. Slinger's book bag - only to open her purse and find
a kind note from her hero. She's filled with remorse and has to find a way
to make things right again.

Caldecott honoree Henkes understands the roller-coaster emotions of small
children. He conveys Lilly's enthusiasm for her prize possessions, but
astutely shows that Lilly goes too far when she acts up in class. He offers
useful, timeless advice for apologizing to a friend and resolving a
conflict. 


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