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Pinkalicious
Pinkalicious: Tickled Pink
When Tiffany challenges Pinkalicious to a laugh-off, the pressure is on to create the most pinkerrifically funny joke of all time. Even if Pinkalicious doesn't win the contest, she's going to have a lot of fun trying!
24 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1991
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Victoria Kann
144 books228 followersVictoria 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.
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January 16, 2023
After reading "Pinkalicious: Tickled Pink", this book is appropriate for a teaching connection. I would use it to support an art activity just on the premise of the title where some of the students of their choice make a collage. The writing activity the students can develop their jokes and jokes they have heard. For the social studies activity this would allow the students to critically think on their own. Some good activities under this domain that could be created such as sharing, being confident and working together to name a few.
October 5, 2017
We’ve read so many Pinkalicious books. This one just didn’t have the same goofy story or heart. It was still a cute story and my preschooler enjoys telling and making up jokes so she enjoyed that part of the book.
September 9, 2021
i didn't think Pinkalicious's joke was funny. She got a book from the library about jokes, and she thought it was so funny. then the mean girls came and said that Pinkalicious doesn't have a funny bone and they planned to have a contest of who has the funniest joke the next day.
Pinkalicious said: What's even funnier that being tickled? being tickled pink. I didn't get the joke and it wasn't that funny.
Pinkalicious said: What's even funnier that being tickled? being tickled pink. I didn't get the joke and it wasn't that funny.
September 20, 2018
Cute and silly
January 5, 2020
The pinkalicious series of books is a favorite with my nieces!
May 27, 2023
Not bad, we liked the jokes.
June 26, 2023
Super cute book
December 29, 2025
OK, PRETTY GOOD ! 🩷🪷🖤
April 11, 2026
such a cute book
January 3, 2011
Pinkalicious: Tickled Pink by Victoria Kann was a fortuitous find. Ian had taken the kids book shopping while I was doing a presentation for school. Sean chose a joke book and Harriet chose Pinkalicious: Tickled Pink, a story about Pinkalicious learning to tell jokes.
Pinkalicious ends up in a joke telling contest with one of the Goth girls from Purplicious. She goes home, much like Anne Shirley does in many of the Green Gables chapters, to panic over the contest and struggle to come up with the perfect joke. The book shows how one can be creative and true to one's self while still being entertaining. It's also nice to see the adversarial relationship between Pinkalicious and the Goth girls evolve into something more positive.
My children are Pinkalicious fans. We own the original three picture books and have read them more times than I can count. Now that my daughter is learning to read, the shorter early reader paperbacks are perfect for her and her brother to share. She can read most of the book with him helping on the words she doesn't know. It's great way for them to spend time together on a car trip.
Pinkalicious ends up in a joke telling contest with one of the Goth girls from Purplicious. She goes home, much like Anne Shirley does in many of the Green Gables chapters, to panic over the contest and struggle to come up with the perfect joke. The book shows how one can be creative and true to one's self while still being entertaining. It's also nice to see the adversarial relationship between Pinkalicious and the Goth girls evolve into something more positive.
My children are Pinkalicious fans. We own the original three picture books and have read them more times than I can count. Now that my daughter is learning to read, the shorter early reader paperbacks are perfect for her and her brother to share. She can read most of the book with him helping on the words she doesn't know. It's great way for them to spend time together on a car trip.
October 1, 2010
What I Can Tell You:
Pinkalicious is still funny! Even my 7 year old son liked the book and has been seen reading it three times in the past 4 days.
Pinkalicious is reading jokes out of a joke book and her friends are hysterical laughing. When Tiffany challenges Pinkalicious to a Laugh-off without the help of a joke book, nerves set in.
When the term "pink" saves the day, everyone is happy, even Tiffany.
Even the "mean girls" in Pinkalicious are never that mean and I am always happy when Pinkalicious' brother Peter is in the book. He cracks us up.
The illustrations are sweet and very detailed for a small children's book.
Fun to read to young non readers 4-6 but also a great book for young self readers between 7-10. One of the reasons I love this book for self readers, is that some of the words are bigger and made up like pinkatastic and pinkerrifically as in something being pinkerrifically funny.
Pinkalicious is expressive and full of personality, also she is a good girl and a great role model.
Pinkalicious is still funny! Even my 7 year old son liked the book and has been seen reading it three times in the past 4 days.
Pinkalicious is reading jokes out of a joke book and her friends are hysterical laughing. When Tiffany challenges Pinkalicious to a Laugh-off without the help of a joke book, nerves set in.
When the term "pink" saves the day, everyone is happy, even Tiffany.
Even the "mean girls" in Pinkalicious are never that mean and I am always happy when Pinkalicious' brother Peter is in the book. He cracks us up.
The illustrations are sweet and very detailed for a small children's book.
Fun to read to young non readers 4-6 but also a great book for young self readers between 7-10. One of the reasons I love this book for self readers, is that some of the words are bigger and made up like pinkatastic and pinkerrifically as in something being pinkerrifically funny.
Pinkalicious is expressive and full of personality, also she is a good girl and a great role model.
January 28, 2016
Pinkalicious went to the library to pick out a book. She got a book on jokes and began telling her friends different jokes. They all thought they were funny. Then another girl at the school thought that she was not funny. She challenged her to a laugh-off the next day. Pinkalicious got worried because she was not sure if she could come up with an original joke. She talked with her family about it at dinner that night, but still did not come up with anything. Finally, in the middle of the night she got an idea. She was just hoping that it would work. Read to find out how the laugh-off went the next day.
I liked this book. I thought all the pink puns were really cute. The illustrations were also very cute.
This book is good to be read to non-readers, but is also great for children reading on their own because it has some bigger words. It will give them a challenge. Pinkalicious is a good role model for kids because she is a kind, nice girl.
I liked this book. I thought all the pink puns were really cute. The illustrations were also very cute.
This book is good to be read to non-readers, but is also great for children reading on their own because it has some bigger words. It will give them a challenge. Pinkalicious is a good role model for kids because she is a kind, nice girl.
August 5, 2011
This isn't my favorite Pinkalicious book but it's definitely a good one. Another reviewer mentioned loving the little brother character and I think I've mentioned the same thing before. (If I haven't I meant to.)
I really like these books for Julia, I like how the kids are displayed - with different kinds of people, people acting different ways, looking different, etc. I like that the "lesson" isn't shouted out at the end of the story. I guess 'subtle' wouldn't be the best word but it does come to mind when I think of that part of it.
The parents don't play a big part in this one which I'm happy about because those two characters and they're lack of parenting are the one bad point when it comes to these books. Luckily there are a ton of great things to compensate.
I really like these books for Julia, I like how the kids are displayed - with different kinds of people, people acting different ways, looking different, etc. I like that the "lesson" isn't shouted out at the end of the story. I guess 'subtle' wouldn't be the best word but it does come to mind when I think of that part of it.
The parents don't play a big part in this one which I'm happy about because those two characters and they're lack of parenting are the one bad point when it comes to these books. Luckily there are a ton of great things to compensate.
October 11, 2011
I bought this book at a book fair for my 3yr. old daughter. I read it to her a lot,this book has become my daughter's favorite story! It's about a lil girl who goes to her school library to look for a good book. She ends up finding a pink book with gold letters on it. She reads a little of it...and finds it really funny, so she chks it out. During recess she reads the book to her circle of friends...and they also find the book really funny. But another student over hears pinkalicious reading the funny book, and making everyone laugh...and says to her it's easy to be funny while reading from a book, and says to her I bet you can't make your own jokes up? So pinkalicious takes the bet, and has to make up her own joke at recess the next day. Who ever is the funniest wins.
February 27, 2013
I wasn't really impressed with this one, since it was about a laugh-off, where neither joke was even funny.
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Pinkalicious checks out a joke book filled with funny jokes, and people laugh when she reads them. A classmate, Tiffany, gets jealous of her, because of this. So, Tiffany challenges her to create an original joke for a laugh-off. Whomever--her or Pinki--gets the most laughs will win.
The next day, each girl tells a stupid joke. Then, Pinki tickles people to make them laugh. I feel like Pinki won by cheating. That's not a good example to give children.
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I checked this audiobook out from the Decatur Public Library, via CamelliaNet. All opinions expressed here are my own.
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Pinkalicious checks out a joke book filled with funny jokes, and people laugh when she reads them. A classmate, Tiffany, gets jealous of her, because of this. So, Tiffany challenges her to create an original joke for a laugh-off. Whomever--her or Pinki--gets the most laughs will win.
The next day, each girl tells a stupid joke. Then, Pinki tickles people to make them laugh. I feel like Pinki won by cheating. That's not a good example to give children.
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I checked this audiobook out from the Decatur Public Library, via CamelliaNet. All opinions expressed here are my own.
November 22, 2012
I was surprised when my son brought this home from the library. He usually goes by age-old motto that girls and pink are bad, something he picked up early in school but luckily at that same place the teacher's introduced him to Pinkalicious. Admittedly far girl stereotyping in pinkness and sweetness it provides a story that boys and girls both should find funny and engaging. Challenged by a bully to a laugh-off Pinkalicious must come up with a joke and she does so in her own unique style. My son especially couldn't stop laughing when the brother shared his joke.
November 5, 2010
What can I say about Pinkalicious?! My girls LOVE her books and look for new ones coming out. My 6,4,2, and 1 yr old sat in absolute silence while I read this to them, and begged me to read it again and again. Definately buy this book for the little girls in your life!
August 24, 2011
2.5 stars
This is our first adventure into the Pinkalicious world, and frankly, I don't get the appeal.
But. My 6 year old daughter didn't hate it. She didn't ask me to read it again...but she didn't hate it.
Maybe we started with the wrong book?
This is our first adventure into the Pinkalicious world, and frankly, I don't get the appeal.
But. My 6 year old daughter didn't hate it. She didn't ask me to read it again...but she didn't hate it.
Maybe we started with the wrong book?
December 12, 2011
Pinkalicious checks out a funny book from the library. She takes it to recess where everyone laughs but Tiffany. Tiffany challenges Pinkalicious to a laugh off. So Pinkalicious takes her on and she wins.
You could use this book to talk about how it feels to be nervous.
You could use this book to talk about how it feels to be nervous.
January 22, 2013
My Bridget has been dying of laughter because of the " pinky, stinky underwear" knock knock joke in this book. So cute! Jeremy said that the first time they read it she was laughing so hard that it was silent.
April 12, 2013
My children enjoyed this book. They are really into telling jokes! The book gave us a starting point to talk about how sometimes doing your own thing may not be as good/funny/creative as completing a replica, but it is unique and something you did on your own.
May 2, 2015
Deanna 5-years-old: I don't like how Tiffany acted to Pinkalicious because she was mean to her. But when Pinkalicious had an idea to tickle her, she felt happy. I think the book is pretty. I like pink.
June 8, 2011
My three year old demands this to be read to her at least once a day. We may skip a day here or there but she definitely likes this one.
June 14, 2011
Lexi really likes this book. It cute and funny and teachs kids a little bit about bullies.
November 6, 2011
Little Miss is a big pink fan and loves Pinkalicious. I like how Pinkalicious is contrasted with her growing up too quickly peers. The story was cute, I liked it.
January 7, 2013
Pinkalicious took a little warming up to for me. However, now that I have read several, I do find them entertaining. Plus, my daughter loves Pinkalicious and her independent and unique spirit!
April 21, 2013
Pinkalicious is challenged to a laugh off by her friend Tiffany. Now she has to come up with a funnier joke. This is a fun story about friendship.
February 6, 2013
Can't help laughing when you read this book. Very interactive book while you guess the punch line to the jokes
February 12, 2013
Getting ready for my Pinkalicious Party!!!
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