FICTION

Penny Loves Pink

by Cori DOERRFELD
978-0-31605-458-4.
COPY ISBN
PreS-K—Everything Penny owns is pink: her sunglasses, shoes, toys, bike, and potty. She also enjoys eating pink cotton candy and ice cream. She imagines a world in which everything is her favorite color, including trees, birds, dogs, cats, and even a monster. This illusion is shattered when her parents announce that she has a new baby brother. Penny is disappointed at first, since "boys are blue," and her entire world turns that color. But as soon as she meets her sibling, she discovers that there is one thing she loves more than her favorite color. The illustrations are bright and lively, dominated by pink on the early pages, followed briefly by those of nearly monochromatic blue. A sweet, satisfying story.—Donna Atmur, Los Angeles Public Library
Penny loves everything pink, from her clothes to her bike. While proclaiming her passion for pink, hints of blue appear throughout the pink-saturated illustrations, signaling an impending shift. When baby Parker appears--"No! No! No! Boys are BLUE!"--Penny, despite herself, falls for her smiley, rosy-skinned baby brother. A satisfying final spread shows the pair clad in both colors.
Reviewed by Donna Atmur , Jan 01, 2011

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