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It's purple Pinkalicious!
Pinkalicious loves the color pink, but all the girls at school like black. They tease her, saying that pink stinks and pink is for babies. But Pinkalicious doesn't think so…that is, until her friends stop playing with her. Now Pinkalicious has a case of the blues. But could she ever turn her back on her favorite color?
In the follow-up to the bestselling Pinkalicious, a young girl remains true to herself and discovers that pink isn't only a pretty color, but also a powerful one.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.About the Author
Victoria Kann is the award-winning illustrator and author of the picture book series featuring the whimsical and effervescent character Pinkalicious. Victoria coauthored and illustrated the first two books, Pinkalicious and Purplicious, as well as the play Pinkalicious: The Musical. She wrote and illustrated the New York Times number-one bestsellers Goldilicious and Silverlicious. Currently she is working on several more books about the adventures and antics of Pinkalicious. Readers can follow Pinkalicious on Facebook and Twitter.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Remain true to yourself,
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This review is from: Purplicious (Hardcover)
This is a great follow-up to the first book in the series (Pinkalicious). My younger daughter loved the first book and we were both really excited to get the second one. Purplicious turned out not to be as merry as the Pinkalicious, but I think that it has some educational values. It teaches individuality integrity and truthfulness. It shows that if you remain true to yourself and stand up to peers pressure you are going to be a winner after all. Another series of three books with great educational values is Why Some Cats are Rascals, Books 1 to 3. It's a great reading for older children.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Good message horribly delivered...,
By Jane Austen "Book Lover" (NS Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Purplicious (Hardcover)
I agree with the first post that Purplicious had a good message about appreciating the individual, but I was disappointed with how the author(s) chose to deliver the message. Concepts such as bullying, 'mean girls', cliques, depression and peer conformity are prevalent; words and phrases such as ugly, sissy, pink stinks, pink is for babies, are freely thrown around. It is an awful book (apologies to Victoria and Elizabeth Kann), not only will I not be reading it to my two young daughters, I will not even be donating it...it's going into my recycling bin. These concepts need to be discussed with children, but this is not the way to do it- too much negativity and too much information all at one time. Unfortunately, the book is packaged to appeal to the 'Pinkalicious' fans, but it is entirely different.
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2.7 out of 5 stars (179 customer reviews) 69 of 74 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book!,
By T. Kirkwood - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Purplicious (Hardcover)
Despite the negative feedback, I decided to try out Purplicious. The name, as with Pinkalicious, was too cute to resist. I want to address some of the negative feedback from other buyers with my opinion.Some of the complaints came from parents of children under 5. If you use the "look inside" feature, you will see that the book is geared for 5-8 year olds. My 3 year old enjoyed the book; however, I am sure she does not fully understand the moral behind the story yet. One response said "the mean girls don't even learn a lesson in the end." Well, that is a life lesson. Not every mean person learns a lesson. THAT is a lesson for the person being hurt. The lesson is that people are mean and you just have to ignore them, be yourself, and move on. The book does have a negative tone and there are low points to Pinkalicious' feelings. However, many people have those feelings and do not know how to handle them. This book allows a child to learn that many people have down moments but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Yes, there are phrases like, "pink stinks", "pink is for babies", "pink ice cream is for sissies." So what!? Kids say these words and worse every day. It is a nice way to introduce things your kids will eventually hear in an environment in which parents can advise them on how to handle those types of words. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I will recommend it to anyone. It is not a happy-go-lucky, feel-good story. It is a story about personal preferences, how mean people can be, and how to be yourself!!! How can a story with that premise be so bad?! 142 of 164 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Unfortunate Follow-up to a Gem,
By P. Augustine - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Purplicious (Hardcover)
Pinkalicious is a hugely loved book in my household, and we've shared it with friends and even read it at school in our girls classes (kindergarten and 1st grade). So we were excited about the prospect of a sequel. Fortunately, I read the new book, Purplicious, at a bookstore before purchasing. I was amazed at the consistently negative tone of the book and how how huge a downer it is. The final redemption at the end of the book comes too late, following a bombardment of negativity, and unfortunately, I don't believe it is enough to reverse the otherwise very sad tone of the book.In this new book, Pinkalicious discovers to her horror that all her friends at school are now wearing black. The friends ridicule her mercilously for still loving pink when it is now out of fashion. Pinkalicious gets sad and depressed and puts all of her pink clothes away. Her parents and brother don't know what to do. She wears blue because she has the blues. Finally, in the last four pages of the book, Pinkalicious meets a new girl at school who shows how she can mix her beloved pink with blue and make purple, and finally Pinkalicious is happy again. A 40-page book. 36 pages of relentless teasing, ridicule and sadness followed by a 4-page redemption. I opted not to purchase the book and don't think my girls would have enjoyed reading it. Disappointing. 61 of 73 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Do NOT buy if you liked Pinkalicious,
By D. Paynter - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Purplicious (Hardcover)
My 4 and 5 year olds loved Pinkalicious so when I saw Purplicious was coming out I was excited and pre-ordered it, and now, I am returning it! It is an AWFUL follow-up to a wonderful book. We were sooo disappointed. Pinkalicious is adorable and all about a little girl that loves pink, one might assume that Purplicious would be adorable and all about a little girl that loves purple. . . but no! It is all about mean girls who hate pink, make Pinkalicious feel bad, and then the mean girls don't even learn a lesson in the end. I have been a big fan of Pinkalicious, but the Kann sisters and Harper Collins should be ashamed that they released this with any association to their earlier book.
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