Priscilla and the Pink Planet
By Nathaniel Hobbie
Illustrated by Joscelyn Hobbie

Pure Entertainment for the Young at Heart

     As the grandmother of two little girls, ages 4 and 7, who love all things pink, how could I not be attracted to Priscilla for Priscilla lives in a world of pink. She also lives in a world of Seusian rhymes and Seuss-like illustrations by Joscelyn Hobbie that fit the story and copy perfectly.

    Priscilla is a family effort. The story by Joycelyn’s brother, Nathaniel Hobbie, is about a world that is, well, too pink. When Priscilla sets out to find other colors, she encounters all kinds of deterrents including a snooty looking Queen of Pink who reminds me (not unintentionally, I suspect) of the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland. It turns out this Queen is more cooperative than Alice’s Queen and…well, you’ll just have to wait to see what happens.

     This book, like Seuss’s, will appeal to very young children as well as older ones, right on up to adults who are doing the reading. The verse may well be read with no help at all by some first graders and most third graders. It is a delightful book, one that should be in the library of any little girl--or boy--who loves not only pink but every color from chartreuse to beige.