Pinkalicious and the Robo-Pup: A Level One I Can Read story where Pinkalicious and her robo-pup help find a lost puppy at the Pinkville Pet Contest

by Victoria Kann

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Kann comes a new Pinkalicious Level One I Can Read story in which Pinkalicious and her brand-new totally pinkamazing robo-pup compete in a pet contest!

Pinkalicious can’t wait to show off her robo-pup to her friends! But when she brings robo-pup to the pet contest, her friends only want to look at Alison’s adorable new puppy instead. When Alison’s puppy gets lost during the Pinkville Pet Contest, can Pinkalicious and robo-pup help?

Pinkalicious and the Robo-Pup is a Guided Reading Level J and a Level One I Can Read, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the short sentences, familiar words, and simple concepts of Level One books support success for children eager to start reading on their own.

Readers can watch Pinkalicious and Peter on the funtastic PBS Kids TV series Pinkalicious & Peterrific!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

Published May 4, 2021

About the author

Victoria Kann is the award-winning illustrator and author of the picture book series featuring the whimsical and effervescent character Pinkalicious. Victoria coauthored and illustrated the first two books, Pinkalicious and Purplicious. In addition, she cowrote Pinkalicious: The Musical and wrote and illustrated the #1 New York Times bestsellers Goldilicious and Silverlicious. Currently she is working on several more books about the adventures and antics of Pinkalicious. You can visit her online at www.thinkpinkalicious.com.

Reviews

[Lisa D]

Loved it!

[Jessica]

This book totally promotes views against what I want my child to view as important. Real animals are pets. Robots are not. And robots can't sniff. Enough with the AI.

[A Allen]

This is my first taste of Pinkalicious and, honestly, I found the story pretty cute. However, the central characters in the book all appear to be white. There are some unnamed characters, at least unnamed in this particular book, that don't appear to be white but the focus is certainly Allison, Peter, and the narrator. I also would have appreciated some disability representation in the illustrations.

[Jaime]

I read this to Julianna today. She gives it 5 stars. She says she likes the book because Robo-pup saved the dog that ran away. Another short cute story of Pinkalicious's & cute illustrations.

[Jessica DeWitt]

My daughter recently found this series at the library and is smitten. Me, less so. I find Pinkalicious, her name, and her idiosyncrasies fairly cringe, but I digress. In this particular installment, Pinkalicious and her brother, Peter, bring a robot dog that their mother built to a pet contest. I'm not sure what the moral of this story is supposed to be. Robo-Pup is not particularly different from other dogs, his feats not out of the ordinary for a dog trained to sniff and find. So, I suppose, the moral is that AI beings are just like us and should be embraced as so? A potentially interesting premise, but not one well-executed by Kann in this story. I'm not convinced.

[Aarvik]

Good read!

[Valencia]

Cute little story, which will appeal to new readers.

[Emma]

I liked how pink it was. It was kind of sad that they never paid attention to Robo-Pup, but I'm happy that in the end, Robo-Pup saved the day. I'm glad they got a trophy.