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Tickled Pink

 

June 23rd may be the unofficially recognized National Pink Day, but there's no reason to put limits on the color. It can be enjoyed anytime, by anyone. Try out one of our pink material suggestions below, roughly organized by audience appeal beginning with the youngest age.

Displays pictures of animals and describes what part of them is pink.

Pink by Nan Gregory

A touching story about longing for something beyond reach and finding something better close to home..

Poised and pink by Kelly Calhoun

Using striking visual clues and simply written hints, curious young readers can guess the animal featured here.

Rhyming text affirms that girls can pursue their many interests, from playing sports to planting flowers in the dirt, without giving up their tiaras.

Whimsical illustrations reveal the story of fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, who became known for her unique designs and collaborations with members of the surrealist movement.

Also available in: audiobook

Nine-year-old Amber is nervous and excited about her mother's wedding to Max, but Amber's father makes things complicated.

My life in pink & green by Lisa Greenwald

When the family's drugstore is failing, seventh-grader Lucy uses her problem solving talents to come up with solution that might resuscitate the business, along with helping the environment.

Also available in: e-book

An informative introduction to the most delightful, wildest, pinkest creatures in the animal kingdom.

Also available in: audiobook

While fourteen-year-old Enola Holmes endeavors to save her friend Lady Cecily Alistair from an unwelcome arranged marriage, she meets with some assistance from her older brother, Sherlock, and interference by the eldest, Mycroft.

Forty-one Japanese, Scandinavian, and Sicilian tales, including "The Snow-Queen," "The Cunning Shoemaker," "The Two Brothers," "The Merry Wives," "The Man without a Heart," and more. 

Deadly pink by Vivian Vande Velde

Fourteen-year-old Grace must find a way to get her older sister out of a princess-filled virtual reality RPG before it is too late.

The original Pink Ranger returns! After leaving the life of a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger behind, Kimberly Hart finds herself pulled back into the fray. With her parents missing and their village overrun by monsters, she must reclaim her destiny and discover the power that lies within. 

Branded by the pink triangle by Ken Setterington

Examines the persecution of homosexuals by the Nazis, citing raids, arrests, prison sentences, expulsions, and concentration camp incarceration.

Sherlock. A study in pink by Steven Moffat
Also available in: e-book

Holmes and Watson tackle brain-teasing crimes in modern-day London. Meet Holmes and Watson for the first time... all over again.

P!nk wrestles with life-changing events and many other thorny issues on her 2012 album, The Truth About Love, a vibrant mess of a record that finds the pop star embracing every one of her contradictions. 

Pink Floyd may have better albums than Dark Side of the Moon, but no other record defines them quite as well as this one. 

Sheelu ends up in jail after fleeing her service in the home of a powerful local legislator. In a region plagued by corruption, an incident like this might have gone unnoticed--except that it captured the attention of Sampat Pal, leader of India's infamous Gulabi (Pink) Gang.

On November 22, 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy accompanied her husband to Dallas dressed in a pink Chanel-style suit. Much of her wardrobe, including the pink suit, came from the New York boutique Chez Ninon where a young Irish immigrant named Kate worked behind the scenes to meticulously craft the memorable outfits.

How did installing blue lights along a Japanese railway line halt rising crime and suicide rates? Can decorating your walls with the right artwork make you more honest? The human brain is fantastically complex, having engineered space travel and liberated nuclear energy, so it's no wonder that we resist the idea that we're deeply influenced by our surroundings. 

Pink by Lisa Cregan

Think pink! House Beautiful's definitive guide presents all the fabulous and unexpected ways you can use this rosy hue anywhere in the home--in the bedroom, bathroom, even the kitchen. 

Ace freelance PR woman and amateur detective Temple Barr is 30-going-on-19 when she agrees to do homicide lieutenant Carmen Molina a big favor and go undercover as a contestant at Teen Idol, a TV reality show. The lieutenant is worried because someone is threatening the contestants--including her own 13 year old daughter--by leaving mutilated Barbie dolls all over Las Vegas. 

Helen Gahagan Douglas was a three-term Congresswoman beginning in 1944, and ran for the U .S. Senate against Richard Nixon just three decades after women gained the right to vote. Douglas was also a Broadway star, opera prima donna, friend of FDR, lover of LBJ, and passionate New Dealer. 

Studies on gender and child development show that, on average, parents talk less to baby boys and are less likely to use numbers when speaking to little girls. Without meaning to, we constantly color-code children, segregating them by gender based on their presumed interests. This guide empowers parents to help kids break out of pink and blue boxes and embrace the full spectrum.

Pink jinx by Sandra Hill

A spicy romance about a woman, her former husband, a search for pink diamonds, and an elderly Cajun matchmaker. 

Also available in: e-audiobook

Suzette Kelo was trying to rebuild her life when she purchased a falling down Victorian house perched on the waterfront. The house wasn't fancy, but with lots of hard work Suzette turned it into a home that represented her new found independence. Little did she know that the City of New London, desperate to revive its flailing economy, wanted to raze her house and the others like it.