Silverlicious

Pinkalicious

by Victoria Kann

From the  New York Times  bestselling author of Pinkalicious , Victoria Kann, comes a new pinkatastic tale of fairy-tale characters and sparkling scenes. When Pinkalicious loses a tooth, it's not just any tooth—it's her sweet tooth! Suddenly candy no longer tastes sweet. With her pinkatastic pen, Pinkalicious writes a note to the Tooth Fairy and tucks it under her pillow...only to hear from Cupid, the Easter Bunny, and a Christmas elf instead. It is not until the Tooth Fairy finally responds—and works some magic—that Pinkalicious discovers where sweetness comes from. Silverlicious is a sweet treat for all, especially for kids who are are soon to meet their own Tooth Fairy!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fantasy, Fiction, Kids, Holiday, Magic

40 pages, Paperback

First published April 8, 2010

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

[Abigail · Rating 1 out of 5]

Pinkalicious returns in this fourth picture-book devoted to her adventures, following upon the eponymous Pinkalicious and its two sequels, Purplicious and Goldilicious . When she loses her sweet tooth, and all ability to taste and appreciate sweetness, our heroine writes a pleading note to the tooth fairy, only to find that her missive is answered by Cupid instead. Unsatisfied with his gift, Pinkilicious tries again, and then again, only to find her notes answered by the Easter Bunny and then by one of Santa's elves. When Tootheetina finally does respond, it is to inform Pinkilicious that in order to appreciate the sweetness of the world, she must find the sweetness within...

Like its three predecessors, I was distinctly unimpressed with author/artist Victoria Kann's Silverlicious, finding the art flat and unappealing, the story meandering and unsatisfying, and the heroine obnoxious. Although I did appreciate the fact that Kann addressed her heroine's bad behavior in the end - something singularly lacking in previous titles - the story resolution felt insincere, as if Pinkilicious were using "sweetness" in a manipulative way, rather than as the result of a sincere change of heart. It's getting a little repetitive, my negative responses to the books in this series, but as I've committed to reading all of them, as part of a project, I suppose I'll just have to carry on. Like the others, this one is not recommended.

[Katelyn · Rating 1 out of 5]

Another book in the Pinkalicious series that I was not very impressed with. Again, I thought the main character acted like a spoiled brat. In this story she gets all kinds of nice surprises from the Easter Bunny to one of Santa's elf and she hardly shows any gratitude. All she does is complain about the candy they leave her how it doesn't taste right. She finally gets a few manners in the end and realizes she needs to be more grateful, but I thought the story spent too much time showing her bad behavior. I won't be buying this one for my kids.

[Steph · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super cute

[Sophie Riggsby / allthingsequilateral · Rating 5 out of 5]

Posted onMundie Kids.

My Kindergartner and I love the Pinkalicious series and we eagerly await each release day. It's a bit of an event for the two of us and because she's my youngest, I think I enjoy it even more. We were excited to head over to our favorite bookstore to attend their Silverlicious release party but instead we ended up huddled in a corner reading the book. Yes, it's that good!


In Silverlicious, Victoria introduces an important rite of passage in a child's life -- the loss of that first tooth. And she does it with her usual sense of pinkalicious humor and fun. As a parent, my very favorite part of these stories is that there's always an age appropriate reminder to be kind and appreciative of others in this case, to be "as sweet as your sweet tooth".


Next time you're in a bookstore, be sure to check out the Pinkalicious series. The stories are well written and the illustrations are downright candylicious. I guarantee that you won't be able to read just one!

[Vanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

OK, it may be sad that I'm this excited about a kid's book, but I'm really excited about this book coming out! We are Pinkalicious-pink-a-holics in our family.

[Andrea Jeter]

Text-to- teaching connection

This book is a great book to indicate kindness. After reading this book we will talk about what it means to be kind and how good things happen when you are kind. After discussing we will go around the round and make of list of kinds things to do. After the list we will role play. I will let one of the students be the teacher and their job is to take the list of things and have the children act it out. After this I will explain why it is very important to be kind and when you are not kind how you can really hurt someone’s feelings. Just like Pinkalicious hurt Peter , bunny, elf , tooth fairy, and Cupid feelings .

[Kathy Locke · Rating 5 out of 5]

REVIEW:
Pinkalicious loses her “sweet tooth” after she steals her brother’s brownie. She begs the tooth fairy to hurry and bring her a new sweet tooth. However, the tooth fairy is busy helping other kids. So other famous holiday characters leave her gifts for several nights but nothing tastes sweet anymore. Eventually she learns that sweetness comes from the heart.

[irish cyra · Rating 4 out of 5]

pinkalicious is a girlboss

[William · Rating 5 out of 5]

My granddaughter very much enjoyed this book, and because of that, I very much enjoyed reading it.

[Carolina Spear · Rating 5 out of 5]

never read a better book in my life

[Diane D · Rating 5 out of 5]

What little girl does not like the colors pink, or purple? In Silverlicious, a little girl named Pickalicious, loses her tooth -- not just any tooth, but her sweet tooth, and Pinkalicious loves sweets. She decides to leave the tooth fairy a note, along with her tooth, asking her to bring her something sweet to eat until her new sweet tooth grows in. For several nights in a row, she gets a visit while she is asleep, not from the tooth fairy Tootheetina, but from Carlos Cupid, Edgar Easter Bunny and even Elf #351. Each leave her (3) pieces of candy, none of which tastes sweet to her, and a note explaining that the tooth fairy was called away, to places far away like India to help an elephant with a "tusk ache".

In the end, Pinkalicious learns where sweetness really comes from, deep inside oneself, and yes, she discovers that she can once again can taste sweets, and that some things are just simply...... "Silverlicious"!

This story is so very cute, the illustrations are so colorful and detailed, and without a doubt, this book will delight the sweet little girl in your life. This is my first children's book by Victoria Kann, but it will not be my last. I'll be off to checkout this author's earlier books in this series: Pickalicious, Purplicious and Goldilcious as well. I can just imagine how adorable the illustrations and stories will be. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

[Allyson Sparks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Silverlicious, part of the Pinkalicious series, was published on February 1, 2011 and has won the hearts of young girls everywhere. In the story, Pinkalicious loses her sweet tooth, but she loves sweets. She leaves the tooth fairy a note with her tooth and asks her to bring her something sweet to eat until a new sweet tooth grows back. Instead of getting a visit from the tooth fairy Tootheetina, she gets a visit from Carlos Cupid, Edgar Easter Bunny and Elf #351. They all leave her three pieces of candy, but they don't taste sweet to her. She also got a note saying that the Tootheetina was called away to far places. Eventually, Pinkalicious learns that her sweetness really comes from deep inside herself, and then she discovers that she can taste sweets again. Victoria Kann is the author and illustrator of this book, and I believe she deserves a Caldecott honor. I believe that this book deserves the honor not just for its popularity, but because of its excellence in quality including original illustrations and the overall presentation. Silverlicious offers a great visual experience for young students and its storyline is perfect for all ages. The theme, plot, and main character are original and so relatable for young students and that's what makes children love to read.

[Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance · Rating 3 out of 5]

The pictures in this book, like the pictures in the rest of the Pinkalicious series, are so beautiful and, well, PINK, that it doesn’t really matter that the story doesn’t make much sense. Our main character loses her tooth and it turns out that it is her sweet tooth. The Tooth Fairy must come soon and replace this tooth, she pleads; nothing sweet tastes good to her. Instead of the Tooth Fairy, in rapid succession appear Cupid, the Easter Bunny, and a Christmas elf, all of whom decorate her room in beautiful ways and leave her lovely gifts of holiday-appropriate sweets. Still she demands the arrival of the Tooth Fairy. It is only the Tooth Fairy, she argues, who can restore her sweet tooth. Finally a note arrives from TF gently reminding our pink-ish main character that sweet on the inside allows one to taste sweet on the outside. I can already hear the peals of glee that will accompany the arrival of this book in my library.

[Lynetta · Rating 4 out of 5]

The art in this work and this series is just terrific. The pages in this library book have creases in them obviously created by children.

In this work her tooth has been wiggling and when it comes out Pinkalicious realizes it was her sweet tooth! She writes a letter to the tooth fairy, but the reply is from Carlos Cupid, because "Tootheetina, your personal tooth fairy, was busy last night." With the next letter to Mr. Cupid and Edgar Easter Bunny (who replies Tootheetina is in India helping an elephant with a tusk ache!), then Elf #351, she plans to stay up and catch them on film but instead is awakened each morning by her alarm "Piiiiink."

Tootheetina replies, "Sweetness comes from the inside....Don't forget to brush and floss after every meal!"

Great series for your early reader!

[Holly Letson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pinkilicious has lost a tooth. But, it's not just any tooth...It's her "sweet tooth". But, she lost it from eating a cookie stolen from a friend.
She, then, cannot taste the sweetness in anything sweet. We learn this, as many holiday mascots show up to give her wonderful sweets while she sleeps, leaving her sad because she cannot taste the sweetness.
Pinkilicious keeps requesting that her personal tooth fairy, Toothie Tina, come give her "good" sweets, but Tina is always busy. When Tina does come, she leaves a note and some "silver" coins. From the note, Pinki learns where sweetness really comes from, and changes her ways.
All's well that ends well.
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I checked this audiobook out from the Decatur Public Library, via CamelliaNet. All opinions expressed here are my own.

[Carrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favorite of all the Pinkalicious books we have read so far. And we've read a lot of them.

In Silverlicious, Pinkalicious loses her tooth. Unfortunately it's her sweet tooth. She leaves a note for the tooth fairy asking her to bring her something sweet to eat until a new sweet tooth grows back. Instead of getting a visit from the tooth fairy she gets a visit from Carlos Cupid, Edgar Easter Bunny and Elf #351. They all leave her candy but none of them taste sweet to her. Eventually, Pinkalicious learns that her sweetness really comes from deep inside herself and then she discovers that she can taste sweets again.

[Cindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pinkalicious learns a valuable lesson in this book. She looses her a tooth, which happens to be sweet tooth. She can taste nothing sweet. She is disappointed and unhappy when her tooth fairy is to busy to come and help and sends some other interesting guest to help with the problem. She also learns a very valuable lesson on how her attitude may effect how her day goes. This is a fun little book and has very bright and vivid illustrations. Little girls that love princesses will love Silverlicious.

[Davonni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Silverlicious is a great read! Like the rest of the pinkalicious series the pictures are very detailed and colorful. In Silverlicous, Pinkalicious loses her tooth and is worried she lost her sweet tooth as well. She is devastated that she might not ever be able to taste sweet things again. She begins to write the tooth fairy on her quest to get her sweet tooth back. I would use this book inside my classroom when it comes to teaching students how to write letters. This book is a fun way to see what all elements goes into writing a letter.

[Laima · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very colourful illustrations. That's the only good thing about this book.
I have no idea why this series is even popular. I would not recommend it for little girls unless you don't mind them aspiring to be barbie doll type clones. The main character is a greedy and spoiled little girl who is not happy unless she gets what she wants. I find the story silly and insulting to females.


Library copy

[Laurie · Rating 5 out of 5]

My daughter and I are enjoying some great books this Summer. Silverlicious has been one of our favorite reads. It's entertaining for me to read to her and she enjoys the story. We've read this entire series. It's so cute and fun. Looking forward to reading more from this author.

Laurie Kozlowski

[Mike Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute story with a fun little brother, and an imaginative interpretation of a sweet tooth. I liked the aftermath of each evening visitor, but never felt especially moved. I suppose I just didn't like the un-heroine who finally learns her lesson.

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was was so much fun with the different holiday characters!!! A fun read with Carson.

[Cosette · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not my thing. But the brother's comments are priceless. Now, if this author could start a series from his perspective, I think I would be highly amused.

[Tina Khosrowshahi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Silverlicious is about a girl who has a loose tooth and also a very sweet tooth and one day steals a cookie from her brother and her tooth also falls out at the same time. She believes she lost her sweet tooth so she wrote a note to the tooth fairy to send her something sweet and put it under her pillow. She tries to stay up at night to see the tooth fairy but falls asleep and sees a note in the morning that said she couldn’t make it. This happens continuously every night. One day she gets a note from the tooth fairy that says if she is sweet then she will get sweet things also. The next day she was sweet to her brother and shared with him and she was able to taste the chocolate and taste sweet things again.

A major theme of this book is sharing and caring. At first she didn’t like to share and took things from her brother and when she lost her tooth she would write sassy notes to the tooth fairy because she didn’t get what she wanted but then when a note told her to be sweet she tried that and got what she wanted. She shared with her brother and so the tooth fairy could tell that she cared about others’ feelings and rewarded her.

I always read this series as a kid and it would teach me lessons in a way that I could easily understand them. As I grew older I liked reading these stories again because it reminded me of my childhood and the different ways I learned the rules.

I recommend this book because it will teach children how to share with others and that being nice to others will end up also rewarding them in the future. It is a good way for lessons to be taught to children who don’t always listen to their parents but like to read because they will fall in love with the character and want to end up like she does.

[Sunah Chung · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pinkalicious lost her sweet tooth and no longer can taste sweet. She wrote a letter to the Tooth Fairy to let her have sweets. Since Tooth Fairy was too busy, Cupid, the Easter Bunny, and a Christmas elf visited her room and provided a variety of sweets. Later she realized that her behaviors and responses could disappoint those little helpers and she understood what it meant to be sweet to be able to taste sweets.
The messages I derived from this fictional story were to have good manners and be sweet to others. Tooth Fairy's letter at the end of the story tells that “sweetness comes from the inside” (unpaged). The double meanings of “sweet” were used in this story, one meaning the taste of sweet flavors and the other one meaning delightful manners to make others pleased. Her Tooth Fairy, Tootheetina--who I assumed was her parents--offers silver coins and chocolates wrapped in silver paper. As always, I felt the artworks of the Pinkalicious picture book contained too many pink colors. I understand the intention of the illustrations and the name of the protagonist represent her preference for pink colors, but the obnoxious illustrations impeded my ability to enjoy her book. Moreover, the intention of the title was confusing as there were few silver motifs in the book, other than the silver tooth or the silver coins, which held less significance than the other themes. Frankly speaking, I did not fully understand the storyline and what the author wants to tell through this picturebook.

[Lara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I honestly think this is my favorite Licious book so far!

It's still a Pinkalicious book, of course. Dramatically bright colors with her quirky style and soooooooooooo much pink. If you (or your readers) are not into princesses, bows, unicorns, ruffles, sparkles, flowers, etc. then this isn't the book (or even book series) for you. If you do enjoy those things, then you're in the target audience. Me personally? Not really my cup of tea. But I wasn't the girliest little girl either.

I liked the story in this one though. The pun about losing her sweet tooth made me giggle the whole way through. And I liked the moral. Just when I was thinking Pink was rather a brat and I was getting rather fed up with her, she got chewed out by her tooth fairy. Good for Tootheetina! Would have been nice to have a little more of her being nice instead of being bratty, but still - at least a lesson was learned.

This could be used for a storytime on assorted holidays (several characters make an appearance) or on losing teeth. It'd be great for saying thank you or being grateful/polite too. See what would work for your audience - I know Pinkilicious in general usually isn't quite right for my usual group, but it might work for yours.

[Bridget McSpadden · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about Pinkalicious and she lost her sweet tooth so she leaves a note under her pillow asking her tooth fairy to give her something sweet until her new sweet tooth comes in. She tries to stay awake to see the tooth fairy multiple times and can't seem to stay awake and eventually, she gets coins from the tooth fairy and is upset she didn't get a sweet treat but then realizes it is chocolate coins. She learns her lesson to be nicer and not complain when she doesn't always get what she wants.
I liked this book and vaguely remembered it from when I was younger, but didn't realize how sassy and rude Pinkalicious can come across. I thought it had a sweet ending though and can be a fun read for kids.
In the classroom, this book could be a fun read for students on their own time, but I'm not sure I would read this to a class just because I think there could be a better book to read to get across the same message that may relate to all the students more than Silverlicious.

[Naomi Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a sweet book about Pinkalicious losing a tooth and she worries that she will lose her sweet tooth forever. She writes a note to the tooth fairy and she gets a repose from everybody except the tooth fairy. This is a very unfortunate feeling for her and it’s not till the end of the book until she truly finds where her sweetness truly comes from.
This book takes me back to some of the memories that I have about losing a tooth when I was a little kid. I remember loosing a tooth at the beach one time and getting a whole five dollars underneath my pillow.
My kids will enjoy this book because all kids typically like to loose teeth and get some type of treasure out of it. After I read the book to my class, I will let everyone share stories of how they have lost teeth in the past.

[Molly · Rating 1 out of 5]

In the fourth installment of the Pinkalicious series, Pinkalicious loses a tooth that happens to be her sweet tooth and she can't taste anything sweet. She writes the tooth fairy asking her to help with this. The tooth fairy is busy helping other kids, but sends Cupid, the Easter Bunny and a Christmas elf with treats and goodies. Pinkalicious rejects the gifts each time, but eventually learns that when you are sweet, the world is sweet. I like the illustrations of this book, but I was so turned off by Pinkalicious' ungrateful and bratty behavior, I didn't care for it at all even though she learns her lesson. It's not for me.

[R. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another school library book, this one from the Pinkalicious series. This time, Pinkalicious gets a little greedy, wanting something silver and shiny specifically from the tooth fairy. To her frustration, she is visited by just about everyone except the tooth fairy, each bringing various gifts in place of the coveted silver coin. The tooth fairy does eventually show up, teaching a rather important lesson in humility and sharing. Perhaps even more apt as we've entered the stage of lost teeth and tooth fairy visits in our own home.