This is a really cute book about a young girl who loves the color pink. One day her and her mom make pink cupcakes and she ends up eating all of them. When she wakes up in the morning she is pink! She loves being pink, but soon she starts turning darker and darker and finally realizes she needs to listen to the doctor and eat green foods to help her turn back to her "normal" color. After she does this, her brother ate a lot of the pink cupcakes and turns pink as well.
There is a good lesson behind this book, of being thankful for what you are given, but don't ask for too much of it. Although I know that this book is popular in classroom libraries for little girls, I have many issues with it. I look at the characters in the book and it is a typical white upper middle class family with no diversity what so ever. The fact that it is so popular with little kids today and making other books like purpleicous etc, they are sending a message to kids that these colors are gender specific and people who like these books look a certain way.
Although I have learned in classes that it is important for students to choose in their readings, I don't think that this book has a lot of knowledgeable content for students to take away. I would categorize this book under one for pure relaxation and enjoyment.
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