A little girl fills the pocketbook she carries with momentos of the places she and her mother visit when they go to town.

After she finds a lonely little purse in the park and takes it home, a young girl finds her whole world turns plaid.

"Charlie loves the bright red purse that his grandmother let him have. One day, he decides to take it to school. First his father, then his friends, and even the crossing guard question him about his "strange" choice. After all, boys don't carry purses. They point out that they, too, have things they like, but that doesn't mean they go out in public wearing them. But Charlie isn't deterred. Before long, his unselfconscious determination to carry a...