The front and rear flap covers fold out with an array of questions and puzzles pertaining to the story. These watercolors are equally nimble, deliberately cartoonish in the linework and saturated colors. Dupasquier (Andy's Pirate Ship, 1994, etc.) keeps the text quick, simple, and hand-in-glove with the illustrations (``Mick and Mack start to work on Mr. Fingers, a harmlessly gangsterish type in striped trousers and white jacket. Each spread features the station and its forecourt, with a flurry of activity accompanying each turn of the page: The garage opens up for the day a bashed-in car arrives a brief squall soaks a lady, her swain, and their tony convertible. 7-8)Ī rural, pleasantly ramshackle garage is the setting for this lively book. When school lunch turns out to include the likes of Barbecued Cowboy Boots and Frozen Flip-Flops, Pinky Dinky puts her brain to work and comes up with the neat, obvious, unappetizing solution-and, she reassures readers (along with her listener), “since this was a made-up story, you don’t have to worry about dirty food or germs or STINKY FEET!” Inspired silliness, with humor and interactive features perfectly pitched for its intended audience. The author also tucks in zany multiple choices, matching games, a maze, and other painless pedagogical devices. Jinkins and his collaborator illustrate this unusual, to say the least, predicament with flat cartoon characters superimposed on color photos of typical school and domestic scenes, with unusual deftness. Unable to find her shoes one morning, Pinky at last rushes off to school with slices of bologna on her feet-to discover the rest of her class beset with the same problem, and shod in a variety of foodstuffs, from a pasta wrap to roasted chickens.
Get ready for gales of giggles as young Pinky regales her little brother Tyler Doo with a truly daffy tale.
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