Purplicious (HarperCollins, 2007) by sisters Victoria and Elizabeth Kann is a sequel (of sorts) to Pinkalicious. As you may know from reading Pinkalicious, the main character, who is called Pinkalicious, loves all things pink. In Purplicious, she is at art class painting pink pictures.
But soon artsy types in her class start making fun of her. “Pink is passe.” Black is in. “Pink is putrid.” Just like Kevin Henkes’ beloved heroine Chrysanthemum (one of my all-time favorite picture books), Pinkalicious is ridiculed by her classmates.
She gets the blues, screams at her family, and like many an adolescent girl who spends hours in her bedroom crying and writing depressing journal entries about her lonely, misunderstood and utterly hopeless existence, Pinkalicious says, ”I’m the only one in the whole wide world who likes pink. I am all alone. No one understands me.”
But then one day (spoiler alert), a new girl arrives in art class. Her picture of a blue cake doesn’t look quite right. ”I think I need some pink, and then it will be perfect,” she says. Sure enough, she adds pink, the blue turns to purple, and voila, purplicious!
And for you pink and purple lovers, be sure to check out the authors’ website, www.cupcakesforall.com. The “Fun Stuff” there has party ideas, coloring pages, pink games, and links to websites that have lots of pink stuff. Plenty to keep you in the pink!
