This is an easy reader that fits in perfectly with the other purple books. The purple books always talk about the importance of  asking questions of yourself and of others. Questions big and question small. In this book they notice that even puppies and other animals have questions. Such as when will you feed me? Can I chase the squirrel?  The human has to help the animal with their questions and their answers. It’s all very lovely and very fun. 

 Once again this book feels like Kristen Bell. It has the same message as the “The World Needs More Purple People”. That message is to be who you are but to also listen and look after others. To ask questions to be respectful and give others as much time as you want for yourself. That everybody is equal because they are a person. I love the message of this book and the ideas behind it. I do think this book is shorter than the first one and would be a fantastic read for any classroom. 

 This book sounds like Kristen Bell. It does have a co-author in Benjamin Hart, but it feels like Kristen Bell. The woman you see in interviews, in movies, on podcasts. This feels like her. The book is mainly about being yourself and helping others and the more you do that the more purple you become. That we are all better together when we help everyone else out. I love this. It’s a nice concept. The idea is there. I think it’s presented well. It is overly long. Something more used for school than Storytime necessarily. I think this book is well done with the speech variables versus the words of the story. The illustrator Daniel Wiseman has done a fantastic job. This book is fun from beginning to end. 

 Her first two books were very loving and sweet. This book has a different illustrator, and it rhymes, it has cadence, and the story is lovely and fun. It very much surprises the reader with the mentions of God and being divinely designed, etc. Wow that is perfectly okay but surprises the reader if you were not expecting it. When the author gets into the pages of you can be anything you want to be I have to wonder.  On the surface I think this book is great but I’m specifically looking at the author, who is a celebrity and does this book feel like that author. I have to say no. I do not know this woman. I only know her from her TV persona, but this feels a lot more forgiving than the politics she states while sitting on Fox News couch. 

 This book is very similar to the first book “Take Hart my Child”. This one the child is here, and the mom is realizing that her plans may not always be successful as her child becomes their own individual person. This still has the rhyming pattern, the cadence, and the love in the pages that is felt in the first book. This does not state that there is a co-author. It is so like the first book that they could be carbon copies or a continuation of the story. This time I read the letter from the author in the back, and they include how heavily they are influenced by God and they want God to be their child’s light and protector and all those things. That is lovely if that’s what you believe in. I have a hard time matching this story with the lady I see on Fox News. It is possible for someone to have two separate personalities and while I do love this book, I’m not convinced it’s 100% the author writing the story. 

 This book was lovely. It rhymes well and the story flows well. It has a cadence that is easy on the tongue and a story that seems positive and uplifting and happy. However, this book is by a Fox News host. I can’t judge somebody by their job, but they are too many references of be yourself. You’re my child. I love you.  Be the colors others don’t see etc. On the title page it does say that this was written with Catherine Cristaldi and I’m wondering how much work Catherine had to put into this. It seems too worldly and accepting to not have had help. The back gives us a bio blurb of the author, and of the illustrator, but not of the person who helped co-author the book. While I do think this book is lovely and I would share it and add it to a library collection, I question who really wrote it. 

 This book introduces different animals and how they dance. And how dancing is more than just movement but is protection, survival, and sometimes just happiness. This book is well done and would be lots of fun at storytime. However, it is a tad bit long. 

 This book is exactly what it says it is. Each page says thank you to the library for something that most libraries do. It’s in recognizing these small everyday things that children come to realize how special they are and that makes this book incredibly special. The illustrations are just the way I like to see them, bright, colorful and attention getting. 

 I like that the Spanish comes first in this book. The English is an offshoot like it’s just there for those who can’t read the other. The illustrator does a fantastic job, including images such as breast-feeding that are normally considered taboo in picture books. Overall, this is a fine book and it’s a nice dual language book for any library collection. 

 I don’t like this book. I guess the message is OK. However, it makes it seem like this child wouldn’t get many of the same things they get by being homeschooled. It makes everything out to be fun and games rather than educational. Especially the double refrain of I’m free to be me. I don’t disagree with homeschooling in general, but by saying I’m free to be me. I disagree with that line. Being homeschooled doesn’t always introduce kids to different people and different cultures to truly figure out who they are. Many times, it makes them ape their parents and instead of being free to be me they are a mini me. So, this book is OK but not when I will ever read again.