The Hinky-Pink: An Old Tale
By (Author) Megan McDonald
Illustrated by Brian Floca
Simon & Schuster
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
1st October 2008
United States
Children
Fiction
Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Up to Seven) 2009
Hardback
48
Width 178mm, Height 216mm, Spine 13mm
313g
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.
Megan McDonald, 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.D. Schindler. She lives in Sebastopol, California.
BrianFlocais the author and illustrator of the acclaimed picture booksLocomotive, winner of the Caldecott Medal and aNew York Timesbestseller;Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11;andLightship,each a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book. He is the illustrator of numerous additional books, including AvisPoppy series. You can visit him online at BrianFloca.com.