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Meet Marigold! From renowned author Florence Parry Heide comes a picture book about one clever, complicated--and hilarious--little girl. Follow Marigold as she buys a new coat (don't worry, she still wears the old one to bed. She's a very loyal person), plays a great trick (involving a Special Surprise Treasure Stand and worms), and much more. Along the way you'll meet Marigold's best friend--her purple coat--and her next best friend--Maxine.
Simply and with inimitable humor, a legendary picture book writer and inventive illustrator create an original character that all children will laugh over . . . and will love.
Author Notes
Florence Parry Heide was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 27, 1919. She studied at Wilson College before transferring to the University of California at Los Angeles, where she received a B.A. in English. She worked in advertising and public relations in New York City before returning to Pittsburgh during World War II. She moved to Wisconsin with her husband after the war and started writing books at the age of 48. She wrote or co-wrote over 100 children's books including the Treehorn series, Princess Hyacinth: The Surprising Tale of a Girl who Floated, and The One and Only Marigold. She also wrote under the pseudonyms Alex B. Allen and Jamie McDonald.
Heide received numerous awards and honors including having The Shrinking of Treehorn named by the New York Times as the Best Illustrated Children's Book of 1971 and winning the Jugendbuchpreis for the Best Children's Book of Germany in 1977; The Day of Ahmed's Secret received the Editors' Choice Award from Booklist in 1991, and Sami and the Time of the Troubles received the Editors' Choice Award from Booklist in 1992. She died on October 24, 2011 at the age of 92.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 2-You might say that Marigold, a young monkey, walks to the beat of a different drummer, or even that she is just plain contrary. In the first of four stories, she resists giving up her worn-out purple coat when her mother wants to replace it. It is only when she finds another one that she gives in, even though the new purple coat doesn't fit her. She wears the old garment to bed. In the following two stories, Marigold playfully teases her friend Maxine, a hippo who has firm ideas on how things should work. In the last story, when the two head off for their first day of school, Maxine has a new outfit and a new hairdo. Marigold pretends that she does, too, but won't take off her old coat or hat. Maxine decides to go home for something she "forgot" and returns wearing a raincoat and cap that she won't take off, either. The obstreperous protagonist is refreshing in her contrariness. The stylized, cartoonlike gouache illustrations add humor and panache to characters that are imbued with personality. Maxine and Marigold are solid proof that opposites attract.-Joan Kindig, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
In four vignettes, Marigold, a strong-willed young monkey, talks back to her mother, torments her closest friend and cheerfully gets away with everything as she asserts her individual style. The first story follows her on a shopping expedition to replace her old, patched purple coat: Marigold rejects frilly and silly offerings and goes for an exact but too small duplicate of the first coat, eccentrically accessorized; her fashion sense is rewarded when everyone admires her. In subsequent tales, Marigold concocts elaborate illustrated lists, one of which names the old coat as her best friend and rates her actual friend, a hippo named Maxine, a close second. As depicted in McElmurry's (Little Blue Truck) stylish spreads, a blend of up-to-the-minute humor and nostalgic, folklike patterning, Marigold has a long prehensile tail and spiky rust-colored hair that she sometimes wears in topknots. Heide (the Treehorn books) introduces a stubborn, potentially maddening character, but Marigold's sunny disposition and creativity make up for her mischief; she will ring true for friends and parents of inventive children. Ages 4-8. (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
In these four tartly funny interconnected stories, stubborn monkey Marigold fights about clothing with her mom and also with her best friend, Maxine, about hurt feelings. Marigold is a refreshingly unsentimental kids'-book protagonist, with equal parts soft spots and hard edges. The matter-of-factly anthropomorphized world (Marigold considers herself a "very loyal person") is rendered in precise gouache. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
Marigold loves her ratty old purple coat more than just about anything, so she even wears it in the shower. She refuses to replace it, pronouncing, "I'm a very loyal person" (though she's in fact a monkey). Her mother makes her go coat shopping anyway, and nothing is acceptableuntil she finds a purple coat exactly like her old one. "Marigold's Purple Coat" is the first of four connected vignettes in this charming picture book whose snappy, funny stories of monkey-hippo friendship are as appealing as the folk artstyle gouache illustrations and lively-but-clean design. Confident Marigold and the more thin-skinned Maxine are true childhood friends; that is to say, they deliberately bug each other, play tricks, fall out and eventually make up with no awkward explanations or hard feelings. McElmurry outdoes herself with gorgeous landscapes, and with Marigold's goofy hair and stubborn stances infuses even more humor into the already laugh-out-loud stories. (Picture book. 5-8) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Marigold did not agree with her mother, or her father, or her friend Maxine. But she agreed with herself, and that was the important thing. So begins the story of Marigold, a brash, determined, and somewhat fabulous second-grade monkey, with style and attitude to spare. Her friend Maxine, a hippo uninterested in sticking out, is not always taken with Marigold's exuberant independence. In four linked stories, Marigold and Maxine explore their friendship. They have to do a little scratching, but they finally find some common ground buried beneath the surface. In Marigold, Heide has created an indelibly stubborn, winning character, who is further realized in McElmurry's bright and stylish gouache paintings. Marigold and Maxine aren't easy friends. But as they practice a little give and take, children will see that an easy friend is easy, but a good friend is worth the work.--Barthelmess, Thom Copyright 2009 Booklist