Pinkalicious

Read Pinkalicious... The first one is probably the best. It does show a child misbehaving, but it shows how that behavior is wrong. My daughter loves these books... she's 3. It has shown her "you get what you get and you don't get upset". :)

We didn't let out kids watch any TV programs that teach children to disrespect parents in thought, word or deed. There is so much good stuff out there, why give your children garbage? If you have a book that teaches disrespect and you teach respect, then you never know what the child will pick up on.

Some thing to think about . . . If you have a dollar and I have a dollar and we swap dollars, we are both just as poor. However, if you have an idea and I have an idea and we swap ideas, each of us has two ideas. Don't allow your kids to have garbage ideas.

Good luck to you and yours.

I guess I really did not ever notice that in the books. We have even made "Pinkalicious" dresses for Christmas. If it doesn't fit with your standards then by all means don't pick it up, if she does then turn and get all excited about another book and say "Wow, look at this! I found the book I was looking for! Let's go read it". She won't feel bad about liking the books and will get excited about the book you are re-directing her to.

My 3 yr old LOVES Pinkalicious! The whole series is pretty cute. She does talk back, but her parents correct her behavior pretty consistently throughout the whole thing and she does get punished in the books.

Purplicious is a GREAT one for young girls b/c the whole thing is about being "okay" with who you are and getting picked-on for liking something different than the "cool kids".

Silverlicious and Goldilicious were not as good as the first two.

Our local librarian got us hooked on the series and we check the out frequently. Look at the others and see what you think. She's actually a pretty lovable character and the dynamic b/w her and her little brother is not only realistic, but very cute.

I agree with the poster who said to try Charlie and Lola books -- very sweet, and they depict a very positive, supportive brother-sister relationship. They aren't sparkly and pink like Fancy Nancy but your daughter might love them anyway! Lola is very much her own little individual person without being rude or sassy.

Other great books to encourage a 2 1/2 year old to listen and "read" are any of the "Pigeon" books by Mo Willems ("Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus" and its many sequels). Also, the fantastic books, ANY book, by Rosemary Wells -- lovely, kind, sweet but not icky-sweet books; her "Hilltop School" series comes in early-reader and somewhat later-reader versions and all are great.. So is anything by Jane Hissey (her series about "Little Bear" and his toy friends are beautifully drawn and the stories are dear). I strongly recommend them all for this age group.

For slightly older kids -- I also agree with the person who disliked Junie B. Jones. Another mom clued me in that Junie was way too sassy and used words like "stupid" and "dumb" too much, so we just steered clear of those books altogether and my daughter never read them. I looked at some and thought they were poorly done, just churned out because they're popular.

Eh, I dont love them either, she says things are stupid and my daughter is not allowed to say that. I love, love, love Fancy Nancy books! I prefer those over Pinkalicious. Most of the Pinkalicious series is pretty sassy.

I have never looked at the Pinkalicious series...which is pretty bad since I worked in a children's bookstore for many, many years until last...

But I thought I might suggest the Charlie and Lola books. My DD LOVED them at that age. She likes Fancy Nancy too. But apparently only the books.
She has the doll and anytime I ask her to purge her toys Fancy Nancy is the first thing she offers up. Lol. Poor Nancy.

Also Madeline books are great too.

GL! I avoid anything that encourages ugly talk...she (mine) doesn't need ANY encouragement in that dept.-comes all too naturally. :(

My seven-year-old loves the Pinkalicious books. I think they are very cute and imaginative. They really encourage imaginative play which I love. I teach my children how to talk to adults, so I'm not concerned about how the character talks to adults in the book.

Unfortunately for me, Fancy Nancy came out after my daughter was older so I missed out. I love how beautiful the illustrations are! Adorable. I'm not much help regarding Pinkalicious but I agree with you on not liking books or movies where the kids talk back. The Lilo and Stitch tv series always bothered me because she always seemed so hateful. I like strong female characters but not negative ones.

My 5 year old may actually BE Fancy Nancy. She wore her Easter dress topped with a tutu to the grocery store yesterday... and she LOVES Pinkalicious. I have never noticed any rudeness in the books though? Maybe I didn't pay close enough attention (my daughter reads independently, and it's been a while since we read Pinkalicious together)...

My daughter was very much into the Fancy Nancy but we are past the Pinkalicious craze because she is reading chapter books now. I am very open minded when it comes to books though, I read what my children read so we can have talks, when there is something I am uncomfortable with or dislike it usually makes the best teaching moments with my children. I have been unhappy with the Junie B. Jones books, I think she is mouthy and obnoxious...but my daughter has read every single chapter book...we have talked about how I feel and the difference between fictional characters and real life. If I have to pick between my dislike of the way an Author portrays a little girl or my daughter being a voracious reader I would rather have my daughter be a voracious reader, obviously I am going to make sure she is reading appropriate material...I just think this is an instance where you "choose your battle"
Obviously since your daughter is significantly younger it will be Much easier to steer her in a different direction, just wanted to point out the other side of the argument for as she gets older = )

I liked the first one, "Pinkilicious", but found the others didn't hold up, I even checked to see if they were written by the same person...

I didn't read the other posts so sorry if i repeat anything. My daughter LOVES Pinkalicious (I do too!). She got the Pinkalicious bike for her 3rd birthday. The original one is so cute along with Purplicious, Silverlicious, and a few other ones too. I did not like Goldilicious at all. Not because of the talking back, but the whole story just seemed too wordy and silly. I understand your concerns about her talking back, but really, all kids do that to their parents at one point or another no matter how well they are raised so I didn't think about it at all.

You should also check out the Ladybug Girl books by David Soman. They are so cute and I bet your daughter will love them.

Yes - I agree that the character is kind of rude and I would probably wait until she is older to read it. My daughter just became a fan of it last year when she was 5 years old.