Flower Girl

May 29, 2006
After a day of eating too many pink cupcakes (they're "pinkalicious!") a pigtailed girl wakes up to discover she's pink through and through. The pink-crazed protagonist joins several others starring in recent titles (Kate Feiffer's Double Pink; J.otto Seibold's The Fuchsia Is Now). "I cried because I was so beautiful," gushes the heroine. "I even had pink tears." And given the pediatrician's suggested cure-"a steady diet of green food"-the girl is perfectly happy to remain as she is. But when she covertly eats one more pink cupcake and turns fire-engine red, she realizes it's time to take the doctor's advice. A witty montage of photos, clip art and drawings captures the heroine eating every kid's nightmare: "pickles and spinach, olives and okra." The text may be literal and obvious, but the artwork creates enough visual interest to keep pink-loving gals involved in this tale of wonderful-to-wretched excess. Ages 5-8.