Introducing an uplifting read about embracing what makes you special and becoming an everyday superhero~ featured in the MaiStoryBook Library Collection: 

“The World Needs More Purple People” by Kristen Bell & Benjamin Hart

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Book Synopsis and Review

Are you a PURPLE person? 

💜Do you ask great questions?

💜 Do you laugh A LOT? 

💜Do you use your voice?

💜Do you work super-duper hard?

💜 Do you stay true to yourself? 

💜*Do you paint yourself purple?* JK!

 If you said yes to all of the above (which I’m sure you did!) then you are a PURPLE person~ and a purple person is an *everyday superhero!* ~ helping to make the world a better and brighter place for everyone! Learn all the of steps to becoming a purple person in this exuberant read!

Get ready to be silly, pursue your curiosity, use your voice, and be inspired. This book will have you giggling as you follow these steps to be a Purple Person and make the world a Purple Place to be! (aka a world of laughter, community, and love!)

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Vocabulary

• Guide (p. 1) steps for how to do something
• Genius (p. 4) a super smart person who know almost everything!
• opinion (p. 16) what you think about something
• surefire (p. 31) it will work every time
• llama (p. 32) an animal with a longneck and wooly fleece

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Themes/ Main Ideas

• Community: It’s important to bring people together and include everyone. Share kind words to build a group of people who help and care for each other. Embrace what makes us unique, as well as what connects us and brings us together.
• Laughter is good for the soul! Laughter brings happiness! Take time to relax and laugh with others. Spread happiness through jokes and silliness. Laughter can make the world a better place!

YouTube Video: Guided Shared-Reading Read Aloud Example

Example of a shared-reading, interactive Read Aloud of “The World Needs More Purple People” – how to subtly introduce the vocabulary list words within the text, ask guided questions, and spark conversation!

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*I am a Purple Person* Craft

As a teacher, I’m always looking for fun and engaging reads to encourage the littles to be their best selves. Social and life skills are amongst the most important skills for the littlest ones to learn, and finding books that exemplify these, skills, without being too didactic, isn’t always easy. However, with actress Kristen Bell’s and Benjamin Hart’s lighthearted-wit, and illustrator Daniel Wiseman’s vibrant and charming illustrations, readers will be entertained and inspired with these *purple* pages! They’ll proudly be parading around as Purple People, ready to embrace all that makes them special, and to share their joy and laughter with others. This book-inspire craft guides littles on how to be a purple person, and reminds them of how purple they really are! The perfect craft to help create a more *Purple* World!

Materials

• *I am a Purple Person* Downloadable Craft template
• Scissors
• Glue/ Tape
• Colors
• Pen/ Pencil

Directions

• Choose a ”Purple Person” template. There are colored and black-and-white versions.There are coloring page versions available, and two cut out template versions
• Cutout templates have 2 Text choices: “____ is a Purple Person” or “How to be a Purple Person” . The text can be printed in bold black, or outlined-white 
• Cut out the Purple Person Template.
• If you chose the black and white version, color it in.
• Cut the Purple Person into two pieces on the dotted line in the middle.
• Next, choose an inside-writing-template.  There are colored versions, or black and white versions. 
• There are also different fill in template versions for the different prompts: One version describing how you are a purple person, one: version with the steps of how to be a purple person
• Each version has the following template choices: fill-in version with sentence frames, promptswith lines for writing, prompts with blank for pictures, completely blank
• Fill in the Inner writing template with examples of how you are a purple person and follow the rules. 
• Cut out the template **Keep the white top and bottoms tabs on**
• Fold the Inner template on the lines. 3 lines = 3 folds. Fold the top section forward and down, and then ”accordion fold” the rest. 
• To connect the “Inner template” to the Purple Person, fold thetop-tabback, and tape the top-tabto the back of the bottom of the top half of the “Purple Person”
• Fold the bottom tab back. Then tape/glue the tab to the back of the top of the bottom half of the “Purple Person. The “Purple Person” should fold together to join the top half and the bottom half of the “Purple Person,” and then unfold to show all 4 sections and responses. 

Enjoy Your *I am a Purple Person* Craft

• Share your *Purple Person* Creature Craft with family and friends to share how you embrace being a purple person and celebrating the best version of YOU
• Share your *Purple Person* Creature Craft with family and friends and ask them to share how they are purple people too and how they follow the steps. 
• Display your *Purple Person* Creature Crafts to remind you to be the best version of you, work hard, and be kind to others.

*~ Happy Back-to-School and I hope you are enjoying plenty of reading adventures! Tag me on Instagram @MaiStoryBookLibrary or FaceBook , find me on TikTok, or contact me via email to share your own *I am a Purple Person* Crafts and your own reading adventures! I’d love to hear from you and learn more about your *Purple* adventures!~*

*~Until next time, Happy Reading~*