The Hinky-pink

Marc Notes: A Richard Jackson book.; Summoned to the Great Castle of Firenze to create a special dress for Princess Isabella Caramella Gorgonzola, Anabel, a talented seamstress, is at first delighted but then increasingly despairing as time passes and her efforts are continually subverted by an unseen sprite.;004-008. Publisher Marketing: A happy Hinky-Pink is a fine thing. An unhappy Hinky-Pink pinches! That is what happens to Anabel, a young seamstress in Old Italy who has only days to finish her dream: sewing a gown for the princess to wear at the Butterfly Ball. Thanks -- or no thanks -- to the Hinky-Pink Anabel is woozy for want of sleep. Her lace looks like cheesecloth; her hems, like saddle cinches. Night after night, the Hinky-Pink keeps wrestling her bedclothes to the floor -- and pinching. What is its problem? And how is Anabel to help? A grand old favorite of storytellers is here given sprightly new life. Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 07/15/2008 pg. 754 (EAN 9780689875885, Hardcover) School Library Journal 08/01/2008 pg. 98 (EAN 9780689875885, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Publishers Weekly 08/11/2008 pg. 45 (EAN 9780689875885, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 09/15/2008 pg. 57 (EAN 9780689875885, Hardcover) Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2008 pg. 692 (EAN 9780689875885, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2009 (EAN 9780689875885, Hardcover) ALA Notable Childrens Books 03/15/2009 pg. 21 (EAN 9780689875885, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  McDonald, Megan Megan McDonald is the author of the bestselling Judy Moody series and its companion series starring Judy s younger brother, Stink. She is also the author of the middle grade series the Sisters Club. Megan McDonald lives in Sebastopol, California. Contributor Bio:  Floca, Brian Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of "Locomotive", winner of the 2013 Caldecott Medal; "Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11", a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; "Lightship", also a Sibert Honor Book; and "Racecar Alphabet", an ALA Notable Children's Book. He has illustrated Avi's Poppy Stories, Kate Messner's Marty McGuire novels, and Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan's "Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring", a Sibert Honor Book and winner of the Orbis Pictus Award. You can visit him online at BrianFloca.com.