A Dream Within A Dream: Anything But Pink Blog Tour: Review + Giveaway

Anything But Pink
Written by J.C. Benthin
Illustrated by Andy Catling
Publisher: Kaleidoscope Volcano
Ages 3-8 | 34 Pages
ISBN-13: 978-1733990028

Publisher’s Synopsis:

Zinnia is the only pink person in a very gold world. After being told that pink stinks by a golden bully, she goes on a quest to get rid of her pink for good. Along the way, Zinnia learns a valuable lesson. Will she embrace her unique pink, or will she change to be just like everyone else?

PURCHASE LINKS:

https://amzn.to/3s60l88

https://bookshop.org/a/2078/9781733990028

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/anything-but-pink-j-c-benthin/1141343692

Anything But Pink is a cute and fun book that also teaches kids a wonderful and essential lesson. The main character, Zinnia, is pink but the rest of the people in her city are gold. She gets made fun of at school and it makes her feel bad about herself and she decides she wants to change her color to gold so she can look like everyone else. Along her journey, she meets three new friends who are all different from everyone else like she is. They each teach her an important lesson about not only accepting yourself but loving who you are and not letting other people make you feel bad about who you are or what you look like. The message is a necessary one, especially in today's society, and the story delivers it in a cute adventure. The illustrations were all full page with lots of vivid colors and went along perfectly with what was happening in the story. I think this is a fantastic book for kids of all ages to read - especially those who are too little to read themselves and enjoy being read to and for children who are learning to read by themselves.

J.C. Benthin has been writing since a young age winning a Father’s Day essay contest with the Kansas City Star justifying “Why my Dad’s the Best Outdoorsman” which won a John Deere Lawnmower and a Weber Grill. She has written Timmy the Time Machine, Pink Princess, and Anything but a Prince for a next-generation interactive children’s publisher. She has also written two young adult novels titled Catapult and Slingshot in The Kingston Chronicles Series. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). She resides in Berkeley, California.

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