Mr. Pine's Purple House

by Leonard P. Kessler

Other authorsLeonard Kessler (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 2014

Status

Checked out

Call number

ER/KESSLER

Publication

Purple House Press (2014), Edition: 50th Anniversary Edition, 61 pages

Description

Mr. Pine lives in a little white house on Vine Street, where there are fifty white houses all in a line. How can Mr. Pine tell which one is his?

User reviews

LibraryThing member LaceyM
Mr. Pine just wants to be different and stand out but when he tries all the neighbors just wanna be the same. He teaches them that differences are fun!
LibraryThing member conuly
Mr. Pine has a problem. He can't tell his house from everybody else's.

So he tries one thing, and another, but people keep copying his good ideas! Finally he gets the idea to paint his house purple, and after a few mishaps he does - and starts a trend to paint houses all sorts of strange colors. But
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only one of them is purple :)

It's a cute story, though a little wordy for a read-aloud.
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LibraryThing member daplz
I loved this book as a kid. Purple house? YESSSSS!!! Where do I sign up?

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

61 p.; 6 inches

ISBN

1930900775 / 9781930900776

UPC

884469162819

Barcode

9000

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