Pink and Say, Patricia Polacco
Pink and Say, Patricia Polacco
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Pink and Say

Author: Patricia Polacco

Narrator: Melba Sibrel, Hal Hollings

Unabridged: 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/10/2017


Synopsis

A powerful and heartwarming look at a moment in American history--from master storyteller Patricia Polacco, author of Thank You, Mr. Falker.

This Kindness Edition features discussion questions at the back of the book to help guide readers through conversations about its story and message! Perfect for classrooms and more!

When Sheldon Russell Curtis told this story to his daughter, Rosa, she kept every word in her heart and was to retell it many times.
I will tell it in Sheldon's own words as nearly as I can.

He was wounded in a fierce battle and left for dead in a pasture somewhere in Georgia when Pinkus found him. Pinkus' skin was the color of polished mahogany, and he was flying Union colors like the wounded boy, and he picked him up out of the field and brought him to where the black soldier's mother, Moe Moe Bay, lived. She had soft, gentle hands and cared for him and her Pink.

But the two boys were putting her in danger, two Union soldiers in Confederate territory! They had to get back to their outfits. Scared and uncertain, the boys were faced with a hard decision, and then marauding Confederate troops rode in.

In this Civil War story passed from great-grandfather to grandmother, to son, and finally to the author-artist herself, Patricia Polacco once again celebrates the shared humanity of the peoples of this world.

Now with questions at the back of the book to help guide readers through discussions about the ideas featured in the story, this kindness edition of Pink and Say brings celebrated author-illustrator Patricia Polacco's work to a new audience of young readers who can be inspired by its message.

About The Author

Patricia Polacco is the beloved New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of more than sixty picture books, including Chicken SundayPink and Say, and Thank You, Mr. Falker. She lives in Union City, Michigan, where she enjoys speaking to the myriad children who come to visit her and the famous meteor, the object of one of Patricia’s best-known stories. You can visit Patricia Polacco at PatriciaPolacco.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ronyell on January 24, 2013

Many of the books I had read by Patricia Polacco were extremely emotional and sad like The Junkyard Wonders and Thank You, Mr. Falker, but none of them had hit me so close to my heart than her book “Pink and Say.” “Pink and Say” is a story about the friendship between two boys of different races wh......more

Goodreads review by Hilary on August 28, 2019

3.5 stars. Such a sad story. As you might expect from a Patricia Polacco book, this is uplifting and gives you hope in human nature and it is heartbreakingly sad and makes you despair too. The American Civil war is something I know very little about, this gives you a taste of what it was like for you......more

Goodreads review by Intisar on January 16, 2020

My 9 y/o daughter's Lit and Writing teacher lent me this book today after school, and I sat outside in the January sunshine and read it while my kids played. And cried. A book about differences and similarities, about brotherhood and kindness, about fear and courage, and both the senseless waste of......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on December 21, 2009

This book is tragic and heartbreaking, and it’s another Polacco book that made me cry. I could actually see rating it anywhere from 1 to 5 stars; I had to think a bit before I assigned my number of stars rating. It’s as close to non-fiction as it can get; Polacco comes from a family of storytellers a......more

Goodreads review by Abigail on February 09, 2020

Patricia Polacco has explored her own childhood experiences in picture-books like The Trees of the Dancing Goats, Thank You, Mr. Falker and Mrs. Mack; she has related the tale of her daughter's childhood friend, and her battle with cancer, in The Lemonade Club; and retold the story o......more