Pinky Pye, Eleanor Estes
Pinky Pye, Eleanor Estes
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Pinky Pye

Author: Eleanor Estes

Narrator: Kate Forbes

Unabridged: 6 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/10/2008


Synopsis

Eleanor Estes is a Newbery Award winner and best-selling author of the world famous children's book Ginger Pye. Just like Ginger Pye, Pinky Pye is the touching story of a family's beloved pet. Pinky Pye is a smart and vibrant black cat. She can play games and even type on a typewriter! When the Pye family finds her, they know they can never let her go. This fun-filled story features a cheerful reading from acclaimed narrator Kate Forbes.

About Eleanor Estes

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.  


Reviews

Goodreads review by Hilary on February 22, 2022

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

Goodreads review by Shawn on August 20, 2018

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

Goodreads review by Luisa on January 21, 2018

Another fun title by Estes! Cleanliness Report coming soon!......more

Goodreads review by Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all) on December 26, 2016

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

Goodreads review by Lindsay on September 15, 2017

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