The Hinky-Pink

An Old Tale

By Megan McDonald (Retold by); Brian Floca (Illustrator)
(Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, Hardcover, 9780689875885, 48pp.)

Publication Date: September 9, 2008

Categories: Fairy Tales & Folklore - General

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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Fall 2008 Kids' List
“Alas, Anabel is a wonderful seamstress relegated to socks and mending. Opportunity knocks when Princess Isabella Caramella Gorgonzola needs a new ball gown in a week. Anabel gets the job, but the hinky-pink won't let Anabel get any sleep at night! Silly, charming, and wonderfully illustrated.”
-- Margaret Brennan Neville, The King's English, Salt Lake City, UT


Description

A happy Hinky-Pink is a fine thing. An unhappy Hinky-Pink pinches!

That is what happens to Anabel, a young seamstress in Old Italy who has only days to finish her dream: sewing a gown for the princess to wear at the Butterfly Ball.

Thanks -- or no thanks -- to the Hinky-Pink Anabel is woozy for want of sleep. Her lace looks like cheesecloth; her hems, like saddle cinches. Night after night, the Hinky-Pink keeps wrestling her bedclothes to the floor -- and pinching. What is its problem? And how is Anabel to help?

A grand old favorite of storytellers is here given sprightly new life.




About the Author

Brian Floca has written and illustrated the picture books Five Trucks; the ALA Notable Children's Book The Racecar Alphabet; and the ALA Notable Children's Book and Robert F. Sibert Honor Book Lightship. His most recent book is Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, which Kirkus Reviews described as ?Breathtaking, thrilling, and perfect.? Brian has illustrated The Hinky-Pink, by Megan McDonald, also an ALA Notable Children's Book, and several books by Avi, including the graphic novel City of Light, City of Dark and Poppy, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. A native of Texas, Brian currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. You can visit him online at brianfloca.com.

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