Pinkalicious: School Rules!

Written by Victoria Kann

Narrated by Kathleen McInerney

Readers can watch Pinkalicious and Peterrific on the funtastic PBS Kids TV series Pinkalicious & Peterrific!

A Pinkalicious I Can Read story from New York Times bestselling author Victoria Kann:

It’s time for school! Pinkalicious usually likes school, but she thinks of something to make it even better. Pinkalicious brings her imaginary unicorn, Goldie, to class one day. With her companion by her side, school rules!

Pinkalicious: School Rules, Pinkalicious’s first Level One I Can Read adventure, is carefully crafted using short sentences, familiar words, and simple concepts for children eager to read on their own.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Feb 1, 2011
• ISBN: 9780062080004

Victoria Kann

Victoria Kann is the author-artist of Rubylicious, the New York Times bestseller Peterrific, and four #1 New York Times bestselling books: Aqualicious, Emeraldalicious, Silverlicious, and Goldilicous. She is the artist and coauthor of the New York Times bestsellers Pinkalicious and Purplicious. In addition, Victoria cowrote Pinkalicious: The Musical, which premiered in New York City to sold-out audiences and continues to be performed across the country. Victoria is the co–executive producer of Pinkalicious & Peterrific on PBS Kids. Her award-winning artwork has graced the covers and pages of many magazines, newspapers, and books. She lives with her husband and two daughters. You can follow Pinkalicious on Facebook and Twitter. For more Pinkalicious and Peterrific fun, visit thinkpinkalicious.com.

Reviews for Pinkalicious

[samantha_wright_21 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Pinkalicious hates school because she misses her imaginary unicorn friend named Goldilicious and she decides to take her to school one day. Her teacher Mr. Pushkin informs her that unicorns are not allowed in school and that upsets Pinkalicious and with much thought Mr. Puskin allows Goldie to stay but Pinkalicious has to teach Goldie the rules. Pinkalicious introduces Goldie to all the other kids and they have a fun fill day at school. At the end of the day Pinkalicious now thinks "School Rules". Comprehension and Pleasure Reading would be two applications for Pinkalicious

[jeneennammar · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

K to 2nd. Victoria Kann successfully writes her popular picture book character into an early reader and picks a fabulous theme for readers. In Pinkalicious School Rules!, Pinkalicious negotiates how she feels about school rules and may help readers do the same. Pinkalicious has started school, but misses her imaginary unicorn pet, Goldilicious and so 'brings' her to school. But after 'Goldie' breaks a rule and the teacher says no unicorns are allowed at school, Pinkalicious is very sad until the teacher says Goldie can stay. Really Pinkalicious is about exploring that school is not just about following rules, but can also be a space where you get to bring your imagination and therefore yourself. Early elementary readers will easily identify with Pinkalicious' process. The words are simple. There are no chapters as it's an I Can Read! Level 1 reader, and due to the character's popularity, librarians will find it stays on the shelf hardly at all. The only drawback is that, like in the picture books, Kann's computer illustrations are a bit flat and uninteresting though colorful. Here, she does incorporate the occasional whimsical detail. For example, at the end, where the children are happily playing with Goldilicious, the green hills are composited from images of green music sheets. (Is this a reference to the 'hills are alive with music' from the Sound of Music?) But this book is still recommended to public and school libraries due to the character's popularity and the quality theme of the book. Pinkalicious School Rules! will inspire young readers, especially girls who liked Kann's picture books, to try to read.

[sweetiegherkin · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Pinkalicious is wary about starting school and not having many friends there, so she brings along her unicorn Goldilicious for the day. But her teacher, Mr. Pushkin, says that Goldilicious can only stay if she follows all the school rules.This book should be a standalone, but I think having knowledge of previous Pinkalicious titles might help. For instance, it's not super obvious that Goldilicious is an imaginary friend, which is pretty crucial to the plot here. On the plus side, I like how Pinkalicious pretending to show her imaginary friend the ropes at school allowed her to become more comfortable there and realize how many real-life friends she actually had.As an early reader, this book does it job. The easy vocabulary and simple sentence structure allow beginning readers to follow along fairly easily. The topic of starting school is one that will appeal to many young readers, both female and male. The illustrations are not particularly exciting, although they serve as additional context clues for those learning to read.