Purple, Green and Yellow

I had hoped this was a story about secondary colors. Some issues that make it not ok for classroom reading. The illustration is bright and well done. Bummer.

Every time I have read this book to my class of preschoolers, all of the kids loved it. The kids love this hilarious book.

Purple Green and Yellow is on my top 5 list of favorite Robert Munsch books. His cleverness is almost unsurpassed.

I loved this book! It takes me back to the days when I myself would beg my mom for markers / crayons / colored pencils, then promise not to color of things that shouldn't be colored on only to go ahead and color on myself or my brothers. Robert Munsch himself is just a genius with words. When you read one of his books i'ts like you can almost hear him reading it along side you. I was fortunate enough to meet him when he came to my city a few years ago, and ever since when I read one of his books I picture him, with all the voice expressions and facial expressions and it adds more to the meaing of the story. There is no better way of traveling back in time through all the memories to your childhood then picking up a Robert Munsch book and reading it aloud with someone else.

When you read Purple, Green, and Yellow, it is hard to not read it again. The story is original and yet funny, a difficult task for a writer, but Robert Munsch is more than your average writer. Few can write as well as he can. A better-then-best must-read for the whole family!

Purple Green and Yellow takes us all back to the days of coloring and expressing our creativity in both acceptable and unacceptable ways. When Brigid exhausts her acceptable forms of free expression and ventures out to the wild side, the reader holds his/her breath while saying "Do it! Do it!' Although the readers knows her becoming invisible then re-coloring herself with the flesh colored marker are fanciful, it is delightful to consider and wonder - "What if?' As with all of Munsch's books the language is engaging and unforgettable. Who does not feel right there when they read and "cow plops that smell exactly like cow plops?" When I read this book aloud to my students they wail with laughter during the story and are often heard using his language structures in conversations and in their own written stroies. Robert Munsch is a master storyteller. This book happens to be one of my favorites because I never had the courage to color on the walls, etc. as a child but probably ached to do so. Through Brigid, Robert Munsch afforded me that opportunity. I would highly recommend his books. They are delightful and best enjoyed when read aloud because of his gift with language and dialogue.