Review by Booklist Review
These three playful stories show not only the lively bond between two best friends but also the friction and rivalry. Mimi's favorite color is pink. She loves pink skirts, pink socks, and especially pink boas. When Lulu says her favorite color is purple, Mimi sulks until Lulu takes out a purple cupcake and shares. In Phones, Mimi tells Lulu she can't play, and she pretends to be busy talking on her cell ; Lulu fumes until she pretends to order something exciting on her cell, and the two take off together in imaginative play. In Princess, they quarrel again, but when Lulu has to go home, Mimi cries, and Lulu gives her friend her favorite bow to make up. The dramatic, fuming stand-offs and the fun when things turn around are playfully illustrated in the bright scenes of the cartoonish, animal-like figures, set against spacious white pages. A solid offering to add to the picture-book friendship canon.--Rochman, Hazel Copyright 2009 Booklist
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Harper's (Milo's Special Words) sweet if occasionally static tales introduce two ambiguous creatures whose mild sparring gives way to amicable truces. Mimi is the headstrong instigator of the duo, Lulu the problem solver. In the first story, Mimi, wearing a flouncy pink frock and boa, insists she only likes pink things, until Lulu, dressed head-to-toe in purple, offers to share her purple frosted cupcake. Lulu again makes peace when Mimi ignores her while allegedly chatting on the phone with another friend ("That's not even a real phone," accuses Lulu) by craftily enticing Mimi with "a flying pink elephant ride." In the book's flattest story, Lulu announces she must go home before they've had time to play princess, easing her friend's subsequent histrionics by lending Mimi her purple hair bow. As spare as the text, Harper's artwork sets these friends and minimal props against white backdrops, keeping attention on the characters and their changing emotional states. Deceptively simple, the stories reveal plenty about the tricky realities of early friendships and the rewards of compromise and generosity. Ages 3-6. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-K-The ups and downs of friendship are sweetly conveyed in three vignettes about two animal pals. In "Colors," Mimi has a penchant for pink and poo-poos Lulu's favorite color, purple. A change of heart comes about when Lulu shares her tasty purple-frosted cupcake. In "Phone," Lulu is jealous when Mimi stops playing and talks instead on her toy phone to her friend Sally. Mimi quickly hangs up when Lulu shrewdly pretends to order a "flying pink elephant ride." In "Princess," Mimi starts to cry when Lulu has to go home. Empathetic Lulu leaves her hair bow and promises to return. Harper's adorable cartoon illustrations show the details of the playdates, including bright pink boas and multicolored blocks. The stories are told through dialogue, and the friends' distinctive characters shine through.-Linda Ludke, London Public Library, Ontario, Canada (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
A purple and pink friendship punctuates three short stories for young ones. Willems's Elephant and Piggie could invite pink-loving Mimi and Lulu, her friend who loves purple, for a play date. They would have a lot to share. Mimi and Lulu are good friends who struggle with the same issues youngsters everywhere face: when favorite colors collide, jealousy and what to do when your friend has to go home. Three stories, told mostly through dialogue, explore this friendship and how little disagreements can be solved with understanding and humor. Harper's sunny illustrations, in varying shades of purple and pink on a white background, have details that delight: hair bows, crowns, feather boas, cupcakes and a cheery pretend phone. Emotions are easily shown through the uplifted brows, squinting eyes and an occasionally open, screaming mouth. The frou-frou typeface adds to the overall girliness of this offering and will be embraced by those little girls who like their stories with fancy dashes. Easy to read, with lots of laughs and a few life lessons along the way. (Picture book. 3-6) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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