Purple, Green, and Yellow

Author:  Robert Munch
Illustrator:  Hèléne Despueaux

Reading Level:  Ages 3 and up

Genre:  Fiction
Themes:  Humor, Repitition

Summary:  In this super funny story, Bridgid really loves to draw and she would love for her mother to but her some colouring markers.  The only problem is that her mother doesn't trust her with them.  Bridgid says she is going to prove that she can so her mom buys her washable markers.  Bridgid does a great job with those, which leads her to having her mom get her smelling markers, which leads her to getting super-indelible-never-come-off-till-your-dead-or-maybe-even-later-colouring-markers.  This is when Bridgid gets into some trouble.  You have to read this book to find out just how much trouble she gets into.

Pre-Reading Activity:  Show the children the cover of the book.  Have them talk with their elbow partner what they think this story could be about.  Then pose the question, "What kind of trouble could you get into with markers?"  Have them discuss that with their elbow partners and have some students share their responses.

Post-Reading Activity:  This would be a good book to use with the issue of trust.  I would have my students write about a time when someone trusted them and they lost their trust. This would be a very deep issue and might be hard for some students.  

Reflection:  I really like this book and read it often to my preschool children.  The only hard issue is that it has the word dead in it so that might be a tough issue.  I would use this with older children to teach about trust.  I love Robert Munch books, although they sometimes have words you have to exchange when reading to younger children, I love the craziness of them.  So out of the box

Author Robert Munch

Robert Munsch, born 11th June 1945, is an American born Canadian author of children’s books. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Fordham University with a degree in Bachelors of Art, he pursued his post graduate studies in Boston University gaining a Master of Arts degree in Anthropology in 1971. Munsch education did not stop there. He also gained a Master of Education in Child Studies from Tufts University.

A Picture of Robert Munch with a bunch of characters from his books

Amazing website of author Robert Munch that you have to check out:
http://robertmunsch.com