Total Donations Raised since November 2005: $161.90
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Warning: When I am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple by Jenny Joseph
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A timeless book for anyone approaching 50. This miniature book is dedicated to Jenny Joseph's poem that has inspired so many women to don a purple dress and break with society's stuffy norms in the name of delight.
Price: $5.95
The Purple Store Donates $0.42
Grandma Purple Donates $0.42
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Harold & The Purple Crayon: Dinosaur Days by Liza Baker
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Recommended Age: 4-7
Price: $11.24
The Purple Store Donates $0.73
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Harold & the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson - 50th Anniversary Edition - Hardcover
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"One night, after thinking it over for some time, Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight." So begins this gentle story that shows just how far your imagination can take you. Armed only with an oversized purple crayon, young Harold draws himself a landscape full of beauty and excitement. But this is no hare-brained, impulsive flight of fantasy. Cherubic, round-headed Harold conducts his adventure with the utmost prudence, letting his imagination run free, but keeping his wits about him all the while. He takes the necessary purple-crayon precautions: drawing landmarks to ensure he won't get lost; sketching a boat when he finds himself in deep water; and creating a purple pie picnic when he feels the first pangs of hunger.
Crockett Johnson's understated tribute to the imagination was first published in 1955, and has been inspiring readers of all ages ever since. Harold's quiet but magical journey reminds us of the marvels the mind can create, and also gives us the wondrous sense that anything is possible. (Ages 4 to 8)
Price: $11.55
The Purple Store Donates $0.76
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Harold & The Purple Crayon: The Giant Garden by Patricia Lakin
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Recommended Age: 4-8
Price: $3.99
The Purple Store Donates $0.28
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Harold & The Purple Crayon: Animals, Animals, Animals! by Liza Baker
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Recommended Age: 4-7
Price: $3.99
The Purple Store Donates $0.28
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Harold's Fairy Tale (Further Adventures with the Purple Crayon)
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Price: $6.99
The Purple Store Donates $0.42
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Seth Godin's Purple Cow - Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
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You're either a Purple Cow or you're not. You're either remarkable or invisible. Make your choice.
What do Starbucks and JetBlue and KrispyKreme and Apple and DutchBoy and Kensington and Zespri and Hard Candy have that you don't? How do they continue to confound critics and achieve spectacular growth, leaving behind former tried-and true brands to gasp their last?
Cows, after you've seen one, or two, or ten, are boring. A Purple Cow, though...now that would be something. In Purple Cow, Seth Godin urges you to put a Purple Cow into everything you build, and everything you do, to create something truly noticeable. It's a manifesto for marketers who want to help create products that are worth marketing in the first place.
Price: $13.57
The Purple Store Donates $0.95
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Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney - Hardcover
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As a child, Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all. Recommended for children 4+.
Price: $11.55
The Purple Store Donates $0.81
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Harold's Trip to the Sky (Purple Crayon Book) by Crockett Johnson
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Recommended Age: 4-8
Price: $6.99
The Purple Store Donates $0.49
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Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color that Changed the World
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In 1856, while trying to synthesize artificial quinine, 18-year-old chemistry student William Perkin instead produced a murky residue. Fifty years later, he described the event: he "was about to throw a certain residue away when I thought it might be interesting. The solution of it resulted in a strangely beautiful color." Perkin had stumbled across the world's first aniline dye, a color that became known as mauve.
Price: $11.16
The Purple Store Donates $0.78
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Ortho's All About Orchids - A Beginner's Guide
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A practical guide to growing 18 different species and making them bloom. Explains potting, staking, and dividing orchids.
Great guide for Beginners.
Price: $9.56
The Purple Store Donates $0.67
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Harold's ABC (Purple Crayon Book) by Crockett Johnson
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Recommended Age: 4-7
Price: $6.99
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Red Hats, Purple Shoes & Pink Elephants
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A consistent image of fun throughout the decades, the pink elephant has found her red hat! This spiral-bound book is the complete party guide for Red Hatters! Each book includes recipes for party food and cocktails as well as a few fun and amusing games party games. Separated by the season, this book provides for an entire year of Red Hat fun!
Price: $10.00
The Purple Store Donates $0.70
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Mr. Pine's Purple House by Leonard Kessler - Hardcover
"Mr. Pine lived on Vine Street in a little white house." That's all fine and dandy, but there are 50 white houses on Vine Street, all in a line, and Mr. Pine can't tell which one is his! To distinguish his own abode, he decides to plant a little pine tree in front, but his neighbors like that idea so much, they do it, too. Even when he plants a bush next to his tree, everyone follows suit. Finally, Mr. Pine paints his house purple--and to his delight, no one else wants a purple house. His neighbors are inspired, however, to paint their own houses all different colors, their first break with conformity. ("'Yellow for me,' said Mrs. Green. 'Green for me,' said Mrs. Brown.") First published in 1965 and out of print until recently, Leonard Kessler's Mr. Pine's Purple House--a story of the triumph of individualism--has crept into the hearts of thousands of readers for decades. Simple but memorable line drawings (splashed with purple), large type, and airy design combine with a meaningful story to make this a perfect choice for early readers who one day will dare to be different. (Ages 4 to 8)
Price: $5.00
The Purple Store Donates $0.76
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The Color Purple by Alice Walker - Paperback
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Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at age 14 when she is being abused and raped by her father and attempting to protect her sister from the same fate, and continuing over the course of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes her. Celie eventually learns that her abusive husband has been keeping her sister's letters from her and the rage she feels, combined with an example of love and independence provided by her close friend Shug, pushes her finally toward an awakening of her creative and loving self.
Price: $11.20
The Purple Store Donates $0.78
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African Violets : The Complete Guide by Gwen Goodship & Joan Hill
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A comprehensive guide to this popular species, with sections on history, development, classification, propagation, general care, hybridization, and prevention of diseases and pests. 128 pp 5 x 8 8 pp color photos, 28 line drawings
Price: $18.00
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Lavender : Practical Inspirations for Natural Gifts, Country Crafts & Decorative Displays by Tessa Evelegh
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This beautifully photographed book explores the many aspects of this unique herb and celebrates it in crafts, gifts, and decorations. 128 pages
Price: $13.57
The Purple Store Donates $0.95
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Harold's Circus (Purple Crayon Book) by Crockett Johnson
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Recommended Age: 4-8
Price: $6.99
The Purple Store Donates $0.49
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Harold y el Lapiz Color Morado por Crockett Johnson y Teresa Mlawer
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Price: $6.99
The Purple Store Donates $0.49
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The Purple Hat Gang by Judith Kristen
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Whether you're coming of age now in the 6th, 7th or 8th grade, or you came of age 10, 20, 50 years ago - this book will find a permanent place in your heart and on your bookshelf. While times definitely change, the common problems that teens - family, money, first crushes - remain the same. This book is a comfort and joy to read, and a great reminder that friendship strengthens and heals when it is called upon.
Price: $19.95
The Purple Store Donates $1.40
Judith Kristen Donates $1.40
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1Because book prices may vary throughout a fiscal quarter, we set a minimum donation per book at 7% of the price of the book at the beginning of each fiscal quarter. The donation you see is the minimum we ask from each of our matching donors.
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Thank you to our Matching Donors!
Become a Matching Donor.
Seattle's Book-It Theatre donates a pair of tickets to a Literacy Source volunteer tutor and his/her student each quarter that The Purple Store raises $10 or more for adult literacy.
Grandma Purple matches donations for all Warning books purchased.
Judith Kristen matches donations for all The Purple Hat Gang books purchased.
Become a Matching Donor.
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