Pinky and Rex

A book from the 90s for beginning readers. The gender roles are reversed here and I love that!! Pinky - he loves pink things and Rex - the girl is into dinosaurs. Pinky's father is taking Pinky and his sister Amanda, who is younger, to the museum with Rex. They all want to see the Dinosaur's. Amanda......more

This series came out just when I was getting “too old” for such books, I didn’t know anything about it but I did know of the author, James Howe, mostly for his excellent middle grade series, Bunnicula. I was hoping there would be a little more to this story than a trip to the museum and there was. I......more

It’s always hard for young children to hear that they will be getting a new sibling. It was especially hard for Pinky, so after talking with her best friend Rex, she hatched a plan. The plan was to be the best older sister, so her parents would be grateful and not forget her. Of course her parents w......more

The narrative is short, even more so than I had anticipated, but the masterful James Howe has introduced in this book some characters that hold a lot of promise. Pinky and Rex (as well as Pinky's sister, Amanda) all have well-grounded, well-defined personalities that I think will be very good for f......more

A boy who likes pink and a girl who likes dinosaurs!......more