Buy it: Purplicious
Purplicious (By Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann) – This is the story of a girl who loves the color pink. She has pink clothes, pink toys and loves to paint with the color pink. But one day, the other girls at school tell her that all the girls like the color black now and pink is out. They tease her for liking pink and eventually she gives up her favorite color. She feels all alone until she notices a girl in art class who says she needs some pink paint for her picture. She blends the pink with blue to make purple – or as the girls call it “purplicious.”
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!
Buy it: Fanny & Annabelle
Fanny & Annabelle (By Holly Hobbie) – On a rainy day, Fanny sits down to write her own picture book called “Annabelle’s Adventure.” Fanny creates a story, characters and pictures. The story Fanny is writing is about Annabelle needing to find enough money to buy a locket for her Aunt Sally. Fanny isn’t sure how to finish the story and decides to take a break. She finds some money out on a sidewalk and then her story and the story she’s writing start to intertwine. In the end, Fanny returns the money she found to its rightful owner and gives the story that she’s been writing to her mom for her birthday.
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!
Buy it: Goldilicious
Goldilicious (By Victoria Kann) – Pinkalicious is back in this new story and this time she has a pet unicorn, Goldie, who only she can see. Pinkalicious and her imaginary unicorn dance ballet, roller skate, play hide and seek and have a tea party. But then her brother, Peter decides to join in the imaginary play. He imagines that he captures Goldie in his castle tower (tree house). As Pinkalicious and Peter play together, they change Goldie’s story from pirates to mermaids and eventually send the unicorn flying away in a hot air balloon. But lucky for Pinkalicious, Goldie returns when she starts to miss her at bedtime.
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!
Buy it: Pinkalicious
Pinkalicious (By Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann) – One rainy day, a girl makes pink cupcakes with her mom. She gobbles up several of the pink cupcakes and the next day she is pink! Her dad tries to wash off the pink. But when that doesn’t work, her mom takes her to see the doctor, who says she has a rare case of pinkititis. The doctor says she can’t eat anymore pink foods and to return to normal, she must eat a diet of green foods. The girl doesn’t listen and eats more cupcakes. But then she turns red! She decides to follow the doctor’s advice and eats spinach, artichokes and grapes. Soon she is back to normal, but uh-oh, now her little brother is pink!
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!
Buy it: Alice the Fairy
Alice the Fairy (By David Shannon) – Alice, a little girl dressed in fairy wings and a wand, explains that she is a temporary fairy. She can change her dad into a horse when she rides on his back, disappear with the help of her blanket and cast magic spells on her dog. This is a cute book for little girls who dream of being fairies and find little ways to make “magic” in their lives.
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!
