Ok, I have to admit I don’t really like pink–unless it’s hot pink.   I even refused to let my baby girls wear pink–unless grandma gave it to them.  Call it my feminist protest, and yes, I know the whole pastel pink/hot pink disctinction is totally irrational.  I’d also like to add that I’ve mellowed (some) over the years.

But many girls (and their moms) love pink, ADORE pink, can’t get enough pink.  So for all those pink lovers out there, there’s Pinkalicious (HarperCollins, 2006) by Victoria and Elizabeth Kann. 

In this picture book, a little girl and her mom make pink cupcakes.  “They were pinkalicious!” so naturally the little girl couldn’t eat just one.   But she eats so many she turns pink–pink hair, pink skin.  Which is fine by her.   She says, “I cried because I was so beautiful.  I even had PINK tears.”  She is Pinkerbelle, Pinkeralla, and has pinktails instead of pigtails.

But what to do when she eats one too many and turns red?  Pink is one thing, but red is quite another.  Something must be done!

With fun wordplay and PINK on every page, girls who love pink will love Pinkalicious.  Positively pinkcredible!