Mouse Books

Lilly loves school, and she especially loves her teacher, Mr. Slinger. When Lilly gets a purple plastic purse and brings it to school, she wants to show it to everyone. Mr. Slinger, however, makes her wait to show the purse, and Lilly gets mad. What she does to Mr. Slinger—and how she makes up for her actions later—show Lilly at her funniest and most creative.

Big sister Lilly (star of Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse) thought it might be fun to have a new baby in the family. But jealousy takes over and her efforts to alienate her oblivious baby brother are both hysterically funny and ultimately comforting for siblings with similar feeling of resentment.

Sheila Rae believes that she is not afraid of anything. She steps on cracks, walks backward with her eyes closed, and teases her sister for her fears. But when Sheila Rae gets lost one day, she discovers maybe, just maybe, she isn't quite as brave as she thought she was.

Chester always eats the same things for breakfast, double-knots his shoes, and gets out of bed on the same side, and so does his best friend Wilson. Then Lilly moves into the neighborhood. Everything she does is different, and at first Chester and Wilson don't like her. It isn't until Lilly's differences save them from bullies that they begin to realize that sometimes being different can be a good thing.