

Pinky Pye
Author: Eleanor Estes
Narrator: Kate Forbes
Unabridged: 6 hr 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 03/10/2008
Categories: Children's Fiction, Classic Children's Stories, Animal Stories
Author: Eleanor Estes
Narrator: Kate Forbes
Unabridged: 6 hr 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 03/10/2008
Categories: Children's Fiction, Classic Children's Stories, Animal Stories
Eleanor Estes (1906-1988) grew up in West Haven, Connecticut, which she renamed Cranbury for her classic stories about the Moffat and Pye families. A children’s librarian for many years, she launched her writing career with the publication of The Moffats in 1941. Two of her outstanding books about the Moffats—Rufus M. and The Middle Moffat—were awarded Newbery Honors, as was her short novel The Hundred Dresses. She won the Newbery Medal for Ginger Pye.
We read about a third of the way through and gave up. What we read was 3 stars, if I had been reading this to young children it might have been more fun, this would be an ideal chapter a night story for small children. The start was good, a family goes to an island for the summer as their ornitholog......more
No matter how many times I read this book, I come away renewed and re-charmed. It's an almost 60 year old book, but it's still crisp and enchanting, with its small mystery and chatty yet wry narrative; reading Pinky Pye - really, reading Estes period - arouses an overwhelming sense of nostalgia for......more
Another fun title by Estes! Cleanliness Report coming soon!......more
I really can't give this more than two stars. We have a saying in Spanish: Sequels are never any good. (Segundas partes nunca fueron buenas). That's certainly true of the Pye family story. I really enjoyed Ginger Pye; Jerry and Rachel are real kids, dealing with real kids' situations such as finding......more
An ideal family full of curious outdoor-loving children go on a summer trip with their mother, bird-man father, to Fire Island with the their five year old uncle and the family pets--for an adventure! This is a sweet old fashioned tale meant completely for children, which I found to be refreshing, y......more