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Not a hard assignment for a child, but perhaps a bit more difficult for a worldly grown-up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eTake heart, you staid elders. The story has elements running throughout that should appeal to adults as well as children (how ’bout mice that paint in the fashion of Picasso, Matisse, Grant Wood and even Toulouse Lautrec?) because the author knew that if a story IS A REALLY GOOD ONE, parents everywhere would be commanded by their children to read it aloud again and again. And maybe even once more…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e8x10 inch paperback.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0468\/3739\/9717\/files\/lion-website_240x240.jpg?v=1612755444\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ad35f9;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoger Bradfield\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e studied at the Minneapolis School of Art, the Academie Julian in Paris, and the Heatherly School of Art in London. 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But he could not find his glasses. He put the signs up anyway.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eThe signs were all MIXED-UP! Little Town was all mixed-up! Where were Mr. Pine’s glasses? Who had his glasses? How did he solve the problem of all those mixed-up signs?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMr. Pines Mixed-up Signs, \u003c\/em\u003ethe adventures of our beloved, intrepid sign painter Mr. Pine was first published in 1961.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eReason #185 of 240 Reasons to Celebrate America! 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My kids loved Mr. Pine because of his name…no relation to me, but don’t tell them that!”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eWe’re thrilled to be in such good company, other recommended books are \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHuckleberry Finn\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Long Winter\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhere the Sidewalk Ends\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLove You Forever\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMr. Pine’s Mixed-Up Signs\u003c\/em\u003e!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Worldwide titles: These titles may take up to 1-2 weeks to ship, or longer in November and December. 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Mr. Pine’s Purple House, first published in 1965, has been a favorite children’s book for generations and fifty years later the intrepid Mr. Pine is still entertaining girls and boys. Come meet Mr. Pine, his dog and his cat, and read of his hilarious antics with brushes and ladders, and lots of purple paint!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eFor readers who will grow up and dare to be different!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eKindness, purple houses, and Mr. Pine go viral! Take a look at a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/woman-paints-house-not-prepared-letter-neighbor-sends-cried-2089825\" target=\"_blank\"\u003edelightful story reported by Newsweek\u003c\/a\u003e, of a couple who paints their house purple and receive a surprise book from a neighbor. 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