Review: Mandatory reading for children younger than 6!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 2, 2013
“It stinks to be pink!” follows the misadventures of a young fuzzipuff called Spotty.Spotty is unhappy because he happens to be the only pink fuzzipuff, while everybody else is blue. Unknowingly, Spotty has been growing apart from his friends because he feels he doesn’t belong in the group.Kathryn L. Novak has written and illustrated an excellent book for young children that teaches several valuable lessons.Perhaps the most important teaching from the book is that you can become whatever you want.Just as significant is understanding that most of the times our self image influences the way our friends and other people perceive us: when we are sad or depressed, our negativity affect the way others see us; likewise, when we are happy, that positive feeling inspire others.Finally, the book teaches us to try to accept ourselves just the way we are, no matter if we are pink or blue.Little by little, over a long period of time, Spotty learns all these lessons and hopefully our children will learn them too, as we read them the book.The author herself has also done some lovely illustrations for the book.There were a couple of things that I wish were different in the book, thought: if this is a book for young children, I think it should be much shorter. Ideally, I would like to read the book to my kid in one single night, but this is not possible at 67 pages long. Perhaps it can be edited on new editions to be shorter.I would have also liked Spotty to work more to achieve his goals. While I totally agree on the methodologies of believing and visualizing, I think it is important for children to understand that great changes need a good deal of work, too.I have only these two issues, but again, the book is a superb work and it should not be missed by parents and little children, who will learn several valuable lessons while reading a fun book.