Pinky Dinky Doo: Back to School Is Cool

by Jim Jinkins

In this hilarious, interactive story in this new series Pinky Dinky Doo helps her little brother tame his back-to-school jitters by telling him a funny story about the worst bad hair day in history–which just happened to occur on class picture day!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

48 pages, Paperback

First published July 12, 2005

Reviews

[Dawn Laws · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about a girl named Pinky and her brother Tyler. Tyler was afraid to to go school on the first day of school Pinky made up a funny story about how she had to go to school on picture day with bad hair and everyone joined her for a bad hair day. Tyler ended up going to school when Pinky offered to sit by him on the bus.

I rated this 5/5 because it a fun, funny book. It shows a sister trying to help her brother feel comfortable about going to school

[XIS Grade 3 · Rating 5 out of 5]

We liked the book because everyone in the class had a bad hair day. (Amber)
The book was very funny because of the students' hair. (Champion)
I liked Tyler the character. (Glenn)
I liked that they found a solution to their problem and they took their picture anyway. (Bieber)
I enjoyed it because I could make a connection with my own story. (Jerry)
I enjoyed the illustrations of the story. (May)

[Alison Guo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tylor the little brother is scared to go to school. So they write a story about back to school day.

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Neat book, and so imaginative. The art is cool as is the fun storyline.

[Miss Ryoko · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bought a handful of these Pinky Dinky Doo books for my classroom to put on our bookshelves... but this is the first time I've read any of them. It was really cute! The illustrations are a fun mix of drawings and real life things. But what I loved most (are you surprised?) is the great vocabulary! This book introduced the word "apprehensive" and then did a good job of using it in different situations after defining it so the reader can really start to understand the word. Now I am left wondering if the other books do that as well. Either way, I loved that aspect! Pinky also used the word "quadrilateral" which her gerbal translated for the reader :-p

Good work Jim Jinkins! I am very happy to read this to my students!

[babyhippoface · Rating 3 out of 5]

To help her little brother Tyler get over his first-day-of-school worries, Pinky makes up a silly story about a classroom full of kids all having a bad hair day on--what else?--school picture day. Students ready for chapter books will love Pinky and her wild story, especially the lively collage illustrations combining cartoons with photographs. Adults will appreciate the built-in vocabulary builders--words like “apprehensive” and “quadrilateral” are defined by the characters and used often for reinforcement. Pinky closes the book by challenging readers to make up a story of their own, an ending teachers can captizalize on to get their own students writing stories using vocabulary words.

[Sydney Jennings · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book that would be good for children in first grade. Pinky Dinky Doo: Back to School Is Cool is the type of book that kids can relate to. Within the story, Pinky's little brother is apprehensive about going to school on his first day. The book explains what apprehensive means in a simple way so that kids can learn a big word and its meaning easily. The book also goes into how everyone was having a bad hair day on picture day and they all just embraced it. This book would be good for teaching kids how to embrace who they are and to know that they're not alone.

[Keira Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

AR Quiz No. 100673 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 0.5
AR Quiz Types: RP

[Ray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Daughter just started back to school and this was perfect for her.