# Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

**Author:** Kevin Henkes
**Grade range:** Grades K–3
**Age range:** 5–8
**First published:** 1996
**Page count:** 32
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780688128975`
**ISBN-10:** `0688128971`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/lillys-purple-plastic-purse
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before showing her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later.

## Themes

- teachers
- schools
- mice
- ficción juvenil

## Where this book is assigned

### Kentucky Bluegrass Award

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade · Kentucky — [source: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 1998 winner (K-3)](https://www.kasl.us/kba/kba-winners-circle)
- **recommended** · 1st grade · Kentucky — [source: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 1998 winner (K-3)](https://www.kasl.us/kba/kba-winners-circle)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade · Kentucky — [source: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 1998 winner (K-3)](https://www.kasl.us/kba/kba-winners-circle)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Kentucky — [source: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 1998 winner (K-3)](https://www.kasl.us/kba/kba-winners-circle)

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