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Purplicious (Pinkalicious)

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Despite the negative feedback, I decided to try out Purplicious. The name, as with Pinkalicious, was too cute to resist. I want to address some of the negative feedback from other buyers with my opinion.
Some of the complaints came from parents of children under 5. If you use the "look inside" feature, you will see that the book is geared for 5-8 year olds. My 3 year old enjoyed the book; however, I am sure she does not fully understand the moral behind the story yet.
One response said "the mean girls don't even learn a lesson in the end." Well, that is a life lesson. Not every mean person learns a lesson. THAT is a lesson for the person being hurt. The lesson is that people are mean and you just have to ignore them, be yourself, and move on.
The book does have a negative tone and there are low points to Pinkalicious' feelings. However, many people have those feelings and do not know how to handle them. This book allows a child to learn that many people have down moments but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Yes, there are phrases like, "pink stinks", "pink is for babies", "pink ice cream is for sissies." So what!? Kids say these words and worse every day. It is a nice way to introduce things your kids will eventually hear in an environment in which parents can advise them on how to handle those types of words.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I will recommend it to anyone. It is not a happy-go-lucky, feel-good story. It is a story about personal preferences, how mean people can be, and how to be yourself!!! How can a story with that premise be so bad?!

Pinkalicious is a hugely loved book in my household, and we've shared it with friends and even read it at school in our girls classes (kindergarten and 1st grade). So we were excited about the prospect of a sequel. Fortunately, I read the new book, Purplicious, at a bookstore before purchasing. I was amazed at the consistently negative tone of the book and how how huge a downer it is. The final redemption at the end of the book comes too late, following a bombardment of negativity, and unfortunately, I don't believe it is enough to reverse the otherwise very sad tone of the book.

In this new book, Pinkalicious discovers to her horror that all her friends at school are now wearing black. The friends ridicule her mercilously for still loving pink when it is now out of fashion. Pinkalicious gets sad and depressed and puts all of her pink clothes away. Her parents and brother don't know what to do. She wears blue because she has the blues. Finally, in the last four pages of the book, Pinkalicious meets a new girl at school who shows how she can mix her beloved pink with blue and make purple, and finally Pinkalicious is happy again.

A 40-page book. 36 pages of relentless teasing, ridicule and sadness followed by a 4-page redemption. I opted not to purchase the book and don't think my girls would have enjoyed reading it.

Disappointing.

My 4 and 5 year olds loved Pinkalicious so when I saw Purplicious was coming out I was excited and pre-ordered it, and now, I am returning it! It is an AWFUL follow-up to a wonderful book. We were sooo disappointed. Pinkalicious is adorable and all about a little girl that loves pink, one might assume that Purplicious would be adorable and all about a little girl that loves purple. . . but no! It is all about mean girls who hate pink, make Pinkalicious feel bad, and then the mean girls don't even learn a lesson in the end. I have been a big fan of Pinkalicious, but the Kann sisters and Harper Collins should be ashamed that they released this with any association to their earlier book.

My daughters loved Pinkalicious so we were very excited to see Purplicious. Unfortunately this book was a big disappointment. It is not nearly as charming as Pinkalicious. The last 2 pages are the only pages that make the book worthwhile. Sadly this book misses the mark.

This was definitely a waste of my money and a let down for a Christmas gift.

I absolutely LOVED the message of this book. It shows that you should always be yourself and not follow trends or peer pressure. I must admit that I read this one before Pinkalicious, so maybe coming into it without expectation, I viewed it as a wonderful teaching tool on how children should be true to themselves (a theme that shows up often in my own work.)

In real life, the mean kids may not change. The only thing children can change is their view of themselves, which this book underscores.

So, yay for Purplelicious! A wonderful title to add to my collection!

I am so sad to see all the negative reviews on this book. The first time I read both Pinkalicious and Purplicious to my three year old daughter I was concerned about the words used and subject matter. In both cases, the book has opened up great discussions with this little person who understands more than we realize and needs help forming her opinions and actions when faced with mean girls, bad words and too many cupcakes! Hiding our children from situations they will most likely face does not protect them. I wish I could protect my girls from all the bad things that happen out there but we all know that is not reality. So why not start to introduce them to these moments through a little girl they have learned to love.

The reason I bought this book was because my daughters had absolutely loved the first book "pinkalicious". Reading it aloud to them at bedtime made them giggle and laugh as we read it together. This sequel is so bad its almost beyond comprehension what the author is thinking. The kids at school ridicule and are so mean to pinkalicious that it takes the fun out of the story. The whole mood is dark and hateful. The first time I read this story to my kids they were sad seeing how pinkalicious is so depressed by being teased and treated bad at her school. The upbeat ending on the last page doesnt fix the 10 pages of darkness.

Pinkalicious was great. A great story about a girl that loved pink.

This book, in my husband's opionion, should not even be donated to Goodwill.

The entire book is negative (with lots of mean girls and dressed like 'punks'), until the last page, when one girls wants to support linking purple.

Do NOT buy.

My daughter and I love Pinkalicious and were delighted to find Purplicious. We were a little surprised to find sparkly Pinkalicious having such a rough time, but it was a wonderful opportunity to talk about kind and unkind behavior, the value of individuality, and what a treat it can be to meet new people. Unfortunately my kindergarten daughter is already experiencing a lot of the behavior described in Purplicious and I was glad to see a character that she already loved having similar experiences.

Because it was so exaggerated and the message was so clear, it has given me and my daughter a very useful vocabulary for talking about how she's feeling. We can also talk about how treating others the way that Pinkalicious was affects them. The appearance of Purplicious was a nice way of showing my daughter how important kindness is, even when it seems so small.

We still love Purplicious. My son loves Purplicious. We read it just as often as Pinkalicious. And I'm really looking forward to Goldilicious.

Our daughter loves the Pinkalicious book so we bought Purplicious for her birthday. Well she won't be receiving it. It is HORRIBLE. Pink is out and all the kids are wearing black, yes black. On one page the author uses the word "sissy". We are trying to raise a well mannered child who will not be reading a book where the main character is made fun of for 98% of the book b/c she doesn't fit in b/c she is wearing pink and black is the in color until the one page in which she meets a girl that wears purple. This again is only one page that has the girl in purple. This is a HORRIBLE book! Do not buy for your child!