{"id":373,"date":"2020-08-20T16:45:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T06:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypicturebooks.com.au\/?p=373"},"modified":"2020-08-20T16:45:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T06:45:19","slug":"margaret-wild-pink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypicturebooks.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/08\/20\/margaret-wild-pink\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Wild: Pink!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Illustrated by Judith Rossell<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Published by Harper Collins Children\u2019s Books, Australia, 2020<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A.A.Milne once said, \u201cThe things that make me different are the things that make me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How hard it is to accept that universal truth! Our differences define us, but they can also keep us separate. The colour of our skin, whether we are very tall or very short, too skinny or too large, too shy or too loud, the language we speak and the land we come from, are just some of the things that can contrive to make us unique. Can we be different and still fit in, can we still be part of the whole and retain our uniqueness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this story we are introduced to Pink. She is a small dinosaur, born the colour pink to very green dinosaur parents. Wonderfully, they love her just the same, her colour making no difference, in fact, they believe it makes Pink more beautiful, pretty and sweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as Pink grows, she begins to realise that being pink can have its disadvantages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Especially when playing hide-and-seek. Everyone can see her because, unlike all the other dinosaurs who are brown or green or blue, Pink cannot hide in the undergrowth of the forest. This makes Pink sad. Her mum has good advice however: \u201cTry being happy with who you are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One dark afternoon when Pink is playing with her friends in the forest, they realise they are lost. How will they find their way home? Pink uses her wits and her colour to come up with a plan that will save them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think we all need to be reminded that being who you are, with all your strengths and weaknesses, is part of the wonderful package of you. The things that make you different, also make you unique. There is no one else like you and isn\u2019t that just marvellous?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can highly recommend this picture book for children 4-8 years and here are more suggestions for stories that explore the idea of individualism and being different:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Day You Begin by
Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrated by
Rafael Lopez<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I Love Me by
Sally Morgan
Illustrated by
Ambelin Kwaymullina <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Thelma the Unicorn by
Aaron Blabey <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Stellaluna by
Janell Cannon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Chrysanthemum
by Kevin Henkes <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Smeds and the Smoos
by Julia Donaldson
Illustrated by
Axel Scheffler<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Whoever You Are
by Mem Fox
Illustrated by
Leslie Staub <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Same, but little bit diff’rent
by Kylie Dunstan <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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