Goldilicious By Victoria Kann

Goldilicious By Victoria Kann
This is a new book published in 2009. It is very much geared towards girls, which is why I think I liked it so much. Because it focuses on pink and supposedly only things that girls can appreciate, it may not be good for a whole class share, but I would definitely recommend it to an elementary aged girl. It just doesn’t pertain to and make connections with enough students.
Pinkalicious, the main character, has an imaginary unicorn Goldilicious aka Goldie although she thinks Goldie is real. Goldie runs away and Pinkalicious looks everywhere for her. At the end of the book Goldie turns out being in Pinkalicious’s dreams when she closes her eyes and goes to bed safe and sound.
It is an extremely imaginative book. There is the color pink drenched on every page, which is probably why I loved it so much. The illustrations use the whole page, and they start to get very creative as the story goes on. On one page Goldie and Pinkalicious are dancing in the front yard and if you look closely there are music notes and written music in the background. The grass, the houses, and the leaves on the trees all have these notes. The first time I read through this book I didn’t even notice because it is so very subtle so it’s easy to look right over the details like that. From that point in the book on there is this same idea on each page but in the background only. When I first noticed these music notes, I thought am I missing something? Is this supposed to be sung aloud? I didn’t understand the meaning of this visual music everywhere. After reading the back flap, I figured out that this story was performed as a musical in New York City which I assume then is what represents the notes.
Pinkalicious has brown hair which was actually surprising to me because usually princesses and little girly girls are portrayed as blondes with long, curly, perfect hair in most books. Pinkalicious has stick straight, brunette hair that are in pigtails. They stick straight out from under her pink pointed princess hat. The unicorn on the other hand has a perfectly curly blonde flowing mane.
This book was absolutely adorable!