- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: Clarion Books; 1 edition (Aug 15 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0618159851
- ISBN-13: 978-0618159857
- Product Dimensions: 28.7 x 22.7 x 0.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 431 g
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 3–It's Eva's birthday and her brother is envious of the cards and letters that the mail carrier delivers to her. Since Nick's favorite color is pink, Eva makes a birthday wish for him to get some great pink mail. The next day, Mr. Moon delivers a watermelon (pink on the inside). A pink flamingo and four pink pigs follow on successive days. Eva enjoys the pink mail, but Nick really wants a letter from someone he loves. At their mother's insistence, the children return the animals, including a pink elephant ready to emerge from Mr. Moon's mailbag. Eva surreptitiously slips a pink envelope into the bag, and Mr. Moon delivers it to Nick. The message reading I love you is from Pinky, Nick's beloved pink rabbit. Napoli has created a brother and sister who refreshingly exude a real warmth for one another. However, the magical elements are a little too tame and spare to fulfill the promise set at the beginning of the story. Cameron's collage-and-acrylic illustrations playfully inhabit the spreads. While the tale does speak to a young child's experience of receiving mail as a wonderful and magical occurrence, the story is lackluster.–Rachel G. Payne, Brooklyn Public Library, NY
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From Booklist
PreS-Gr. 2. Nick yearns for some mail, preferably cards like the ones his little sister, Eva, has received for her birthday. At her party, Eva makes a birthday wish that her brother will receive "great mail. . . . Great pink mail" and blows out all the candles. Over the next few days, mailman Mr. Moon makes a series of unlikely deliveries--a watermelon, a flamingo, and a passel of piglets--before finding Nick the best gift yet in his mailbag. Though the story is imaginative and well written, children may find the magical appearance of the melon and animals as unlikely as the consistently cozy, affectionate relationship between brother and sister. Using varied perspectives, the lively illustrations dramatize each scene in acrylic paintings that incorporate elements of collage. For those willing to suspend disbelief and go with the flow of the story, this little fantasy has a certain charm. Carolyn Phelan
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Nick's sister gets great cards on her birthday, but poor Nick doesn't, Nov 4 2005
By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Pink Magic (Hardcover)
Nick's sister gets great cards on her birthday, but poor Nick doesn't - so sis makes a special birthday wish that Nick will receive some great mail in his favorite color pink - and the wish comes true in a magical manner. But the mail won't stop coming until Nick receives something even more remarkable. Chad Cameron produces the magical illustrations for this magical tale.
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