Pink Is Not a Color

by Lindsay Ward, Lindsay Ward (Illustrator)

Overview

Pink finds happiness right where she always knew it was in this colorful companion to the popular picture book This Book Is Gray.

Pink loves her rosy world, from her pink toy dinosaur to her pet flamingo, Phil. But when she sees the Primaries and Secondaries getting ready for the Rainbow Extravaganza, she begins to wonder why she isn’t in the rainbow…and if that means she’s not really a color. Then she meets the Tints, and she’s even more confused. Luckily, a friend shows her the many ways she spreads joy—reminding Pink that she is truly one of a kind, rainbow or not.

Featuring the world of colors introduced in This Book Is Gray—and a few new color concepts—this is a tale about appreciating who you are and realizing that only you can decide what makes you happy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781542026864
Publisher:	Amazon Publishing
Publication date:	07/01/2022
Series:	Color Friends , #2
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	8.75(w) x 11.25(h) x 0.38(d)
Lexile:	AD510L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Lindsay Ward is the creator of the Dexter T. Rexter series, as well as Between the Lines, Scooper and Dumper, Rosie: Stronger than Steel, This Book Is Gray, Brobarians, Helping Hospital, Rosco vs. the Baby, and The Importance of Being 3. Her book Please Bring Balloons was also made into a play. Lindsay lives in Peninsula, Ohio, with her husband, three boys, one dog, and eight ducks. When she’s not drawing, Lindsay loves to bake. Pink-frosted cupcakes are her favorite. Learn more about her at www.lindsaymward.com.

Editorial Reviews

Ward’s cast of colors, pink-cheeked and wearing accessories, speak in color-coded speech bubbles; appropriately, pink hues dominate the exuberant art. A rosy take on selfhood.” —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2022-04-27
Pink has an identity crisis.

When Pink (an anthropomorphic pink shape with stick arms and legs, wearing cowboy boots and a unicorn horn) hears about the Rainbow Extravaganza from the Primaries and the Secondaries, she wonders why she’s never been involved before. “This is awkward,” frets Orange as Pink confronts the fact that although the others don’t mean to exclude her out of cruelty, she doesn’t belong in the color spectrum. Pink departs and encounters a group of Tints. Next, color theory intertwines with narrative to teach readers about relationships between colors: Text spoken by Brown (who later identifies themselves as a Shade, or a color mixed with black) explains that Tints are colors mixed with white and that Pink belongs to that group along with Coral, Mint, Lavender, Buttercup, and Sky. Despite Brown’s efforts, however, Pink is still having a “midcolor crisis,” but then Gray, an achromatic color and the protagonist of Ward’s earlier title This Book Is Gray, provides reassurance, saying, “Well, you’re definitely a color in my book,” cleverly alluding to Pink’s cameo appearance in that picture book while also supporting her struggle to define herself in this one. With Gray’s help, Pink embraces her Tint identity, saying, “I’m a happy color. And happiness is for everyone.” Who could argue with that? Ward’s cast of colors, pink-cheeked and wearing accessories, speak in color-coded speech bubbles; appropriately, pink hues dominate the exuberant art. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

A rosy take on selfhood. (Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews