Long before director Spike Jonze made a movie out of the beloved children’s book “Where The Wild Things Are,” a playwright and National Public Radio commentator from Minnesota named Kevin Kling turned ...

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The Young Company's Theatre for Young Audiences brings Kevin Henkes' children's book "Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse" to life Feb. 2-12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Nelke Theatre at Brigham Young University.

Pumpkin Theatre continues our 45th Anniversary Season "A Celebration of Imagination" with Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. Based on the children's book series by Kevin Henkes, this story is about a mouse ...

Recently, the Department of Theatre Arts, as part of the Summer Arts Festival, put on the kid's play Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. Directed by Theatre Arts Instructor Michael Anthony Williams, it told ...

Lilly wants to be an opera diva. Or a scuba diver. Possibly a pilot. No, make that a teacher. One thing the little mouse is certain of is that she loves just about everything — especially her purple ...

Kids who are fans of Lilly, a mouse character from Kevin Henkes’ books — including “Chester’s Way” and “Julius, Baby of the World” — are sure to love “Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse,” the Kevin Kling ...

One of Lilly’s trademarks is her red boots. She has a new baby brother she is not so sure about, and she can’t wait to tell everyone about her purse. In Peanut Gallery’s production of “Lilly’s Purple ...

In Kevin Henkes’ popular children’s book, “Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse,” the main character is a first-grade mouse who loves just about everything. Lilly loves cheese snacks, her new red boots, her ...

Orlando Shakespeare Theater continues its Theater for Young Audiences Series with “Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse,” a stage adaptation of the popular children’s books by Kevin Henkes. The play, for ages ...

Watching the delightful and funny opening performance of 'Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse' at First Stage Friday night, I fully understood why Kevin Henkes' children's classic was later set to music.