“Since Christina, who was three at the time, loved everything pink, and insisted on wearing a princess dress every day, which I’d slip off her at night after she fell asleep, I wrote an email as a joke and sent it to friends and family on April Fool’s Day, which is a very special day for me,” Kann explained. “It all began as an April Fool’s Day joke,” recalled Kann, who sent an email to family and friends that Christina had eaten so many frosted cupcakes that she had, literally, turned pink, and that the doctor had diagnosed her with “pinkatitis.” Like Peter, Pinkalicious has had role models-Kann’s daughters, Christina, now 17, and Leigha, 15-and became a picture-book heroine by fluke. The books featuring Pinkalicious, who first appeared in the eponymous title in 2006, have been translated into eight languages and have sold more than 23 million copies worldwide. Peter has a high-achieving mentor in his new role as a picture-book headliner. The title of the book, which Harper will publish on May 2, reflects the nickname that Pinkalicious gives her determined sibling after he fulfills his dream of building a tower of blocks high enough to reach the stars-and cleverly finagles his way back home. Pinkalicious has learned self-control and to be careful for what you wish for.Victoria Kann, the creator of the bestselling Pinkalicious series, shines the spotlight on that spunky heroine’s younger brother, Peter, in a spinoff picture book, Peterrific.

Due to her new resolve, Pinkalicious is transformed back to normal. She bravely follows the doctor’s order to eat green food. Now she must do something to fix her predicament. At home, she eats another cupcake, and the next morning she wakes up red and develops pink eye pinkititis whereby she can only see the color pink. Her best friend doesn’t even recognize her as she is camouflaged in the garden. On the way home, Pinkalicious plays at the playground but is attacked by birds and bees when she is mistaken for a pink flower. Her parents take her to the doctor, and she is diagnosed with pinkititis. She is thrilled to be pink and have her dream come true. After over indulging in pink cupcakes, she wakes up pink.

Pinkalicious loves pink and wants everything in her life to be pink.

Elizabeth kann