Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens 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: Megan Mc Donald, beloved author of the Judy Moody books, is also a gifted storyteller.
She is the author of When the Library Lights Go Out, illustrated by Katherine Tillotson; The Hinky-Pink, illustrated by Brian Floca; and the now-classic Is This a House for Hermit Crab?, illustrated by S.
Schindler.
She lives in Sebastopol, California.
Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of Locomotive, winner of the 2013 Caldecott Medal; Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, a Robert F.
Sibert Honor Book and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; Lightship, also a Sibert Honor Book; and Racecar Alphabet, an ALA Notable Children's Book.
He has illustrated Avi's Poppy Stories, Kate Messner's Marty Mc Guire novels, and Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan's Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring, a Sibert Honor Book and winner of the Orbis Pictus Award.
You can visit him online at Brian Floca.
| Choices | Noteworthy |
|---|---|
| Italy who has only days to finish her dream | Sewing a gown for the princess to wear at the |
| Author | Megan |
| Moonshot | The |
| Martha | Making |
Atheneum Books The hinky-pink, hardcover/megan mcdonald
