
By Courtney Carbone, Katya Longhi (Illustrator)
Part of the Bloomers Island series
A young painter faces a purple paint shortage while documenting her garden's growth.
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Violet, a young artist with a passion for purple, faces a dilemma when she runs out of purple paint while painting her eggplants. With a contest underway, she must find a creative solution. Can she use nature's palette to continue her project? Join Violet on Bloomers Island as she discovers the art of making paint from blackberries, turning a problem into a colorful adventure. Will her ingenuity help her win the contest and capture the beauty of her garden?
In Violet and the Eggplant Painting Problem, Professor Sage holds a contest between the young Bloomers, where each must choose their favorite vegetable to grow and care for. Here, young readers are introduced to the character of Violet, a painter who loves purple. So of course she chooses to grow eggplants, and decides to make paintings of them to track their progress. But she runs into a problem—there’s no more purple paint! Violet quickly learns that she can gather blackberries to make her own purple paint, and she is able to paint her vegetables after all. Bloomers Island Garden of Stories picture books take young readers and listeners to Bloomers Island to experience the world of plants, flowers, and gardens through lively stories and lush illustrations.
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