Emeraldalicious Author: Visit Amazon's Victoria Kann Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0061781266 | Format: EPUB
Emeraldalicious Description
From School Library Journal
K-Gr 1-Popular Pinkalicious and her brother visit a park, only to discover that it has become a garbage dump. The magical princess creates a wand from a stick, kisses it, and proceeds, with verse, to gradually transform clusters of debris into lovely things-birds, a castle, fancy dress, and a boat mobile. The place is finally a glorious garden, but the magic wand disappears into the wind. Pinkalicious promises that the seeds and love they have left will make the entire world "Emeraldalicous." Kann's mixed-media illustrations are brimming with color and detail, the latter perhaps an occasional detriment. Fans will continue their dedication, and teachers may choose to share this for recycling encouragement.-Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VAα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
From Booklist
When Pinkalicious, the princess of pink, and her friend Peter visit their favorite park, they find it filled with garbage. Thankfully, her wand becomes magic, and each time the friends recite a rhyme about something they love, the wish comes true: “Buckets, bow tie, and a bone. / All this garbage makes me groan. / What I would love is a pretty throne.” Six wishes later, they have turned the ugly dump into a “greentastic garden.” As a follow-up to Pinkalicious (2006) and its three sequels, this is adequately diverting, and the mixed-media illustrations do catch the eye, especially with the dizzying amount of very specific junk strewn across the page. (Later, of course, this junk becomes hearts, flowers, etc.) Using a princess theme to tackle conservation and nature protection does not make for the smoothest of fits. That said, those already invested in our popular pink heroine might just follow the example and think green—maybe even emerald green. Grades K-2. --Julie Cummins
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- Age Range: 4 - 8 years
- Grade Level: Preschool - 3
- Series: Pinkalicious
- Hardcover: 40 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (January 29, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0061781266
- ISBN-13: 978-0061781261
- Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 9.1 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
We received our pre-order copy of Emeraldalicious yesterday and it is a nice book with a lot of imagination. It is a beautiful Hardcover book with a quality dust jacket and great artwork on heavy paper. The best part about the story is that it is very positive throughout. Some of the Pinkalicious books have had some negativity to them where there was a dislike for pink from some mean girl types that Pinkalicous ran into that didn't really make for a fun read. Not in this story.
Early in the book, while walking through the woods, Pinkalicous breaks her wand. Instead of getting upset about it, she quickly makes a new one out of a sticks and flowers with the help of her little brother. This new magic wand becomes the tool for a great new pretend adventure with her little brother when they come across lots of stinky trash thrown all over in the woods. This magic wand proceeds to make new, beautiful things out of the junk that had been strewn about, which teaches recycling and reuse in a kid friendly way. Pinkalicious and her little brother Peter work well together building a shiny new Emeraldalicious world. While this is a pure fantasy story and is a little more "out there" than some, it will exercise a child's imagination while emphasizing working through problems and finding solutions, recycling and reuse, teamwork, beautifying nature and pretend play that is great skill for kids to learn.
Long story short, the book has a positive and fun story with a happy ending and nice artwork. While it isn't my favorite Pinkalicous book, my girls like it. Recommended for your Pinkalicious Fan!
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