5/28/2023 0 Comments Jean reidy books![]() It's just like a parade of dolls in different outfits, with her appropriate and amusing expressions. Every page is similar to the front page: the young girl showing why her clothes aren't suitable. Genevieve Leloup's illustrations go a long way to making the book click so well. It could easily have been a boring and empty book as the text is sparse, but it's actually the exact opposite and works wonderfully. The rhyming helps it trip off the tongue, and gives it the necessary structure and substance. I really loved Too Purply! All the adjectives are wonderfully chosen - interesting enough to be different to bog-standard picture books, but still clear and obvious enough for the youngest of book fans to understand it completely. Adjectives abound in this fun getting dressed book. They're too purply, too tickly, too puckery, too prickly, and so on. ![]() It's time for school, but the young girl and her tortoise don't want to wear any of their clothes. It's aimed at the very youngest book fans, but they'll want to read it long after they otherwise might have grown out of it. ![]() ![]() Summary: It might just be little more than a list of adjectives, but Too Purply! is actually great fun and has wonderful illustrations. ![]()
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