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  THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF

  Copyright © 2010 by Charise Mericle Harper

  All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Harper, Charise Mericle.

  Pink me up / by Charise Mericle Harper. — 1st ed.

  p. cm.

  Summary: When Mama is too sick to go to the Pink Girls Pink-nic with Violet, Daddy offers to take her place but, first, he needs to “pink up” his clothes.

  eISBN: 978-0-375-98334-4

  [1. Pink—Fiction. 2. Fathers and daughters—Fiction. 3. Picnics—Fiction.] I. Title.

  PZ7.H231323Pin 2010

  [E]—dc22

  2009023168

  The illustrations in this book were created using acrylic on illustration paper.

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  v3.1

  For Ava, I can’t wait to see you pink up your daddy (my brother) —C.M.H.

  Title Page

  Copyright

  Dedication

  First Page

  A Recipe For Pinking Up A Daddy

  About the Author and Illustrator

  A Recipe For Pinking Up A Daddy

  It’s not hard to pink up a daddy. You can do it your own way or you can follow this very easy recipe.

  Here are the ingredients you will need:

  • Pink pens for drawing polka dots on Daddy’s shirt.

  • Pink stickers or Post-it notes to stick on Daddy’s jacket.

  • Pink tape to make stripes on Daddy’s pants.

  • Pink paper to wrap up Daddy’s shoes.

  • And most importantly … one daddy.

  1. Draw pink polka dots on Daddy’s shirt. Do not use one of Daddy’s favorite shirts. Ask Daddy first.

  2. Put pink stickers or Post-it notes on Daddy’s jacket. Remember to do the back, too!

  3. Put pink tape on Daddy’s pants. You can do stripes or checks—or even crazy patterns. Be creative.

  4. Wrap Daddy’s shoes in pink paper. Remember to leave a hole at the top so Daddy can put the shoes on.

  5. Take a picture of you and Daddy. Wear lots of pink!

  And now for the most important part …

  6. Thank Daddy. Because if he let you do all these things, you have a very nice daddy!

  CHARISE MERICLE HARPER, whose actual favorite color is “a sad blue,” is the creator of the Fashion Kitty series, the “astute and empathic” When Randolph Turned Rotten (Publishers Weekly, Starred), and many other fun and splendidly clever books for kids.

  The idea for Pink Me Up came from a TV show Charise likes to watch with her children in which old or plain cars are made fancy and special. This got her to wondering: hmm … what else could be fancied up? How about a daddy? And to Charise, fancy = pink (especially the glittery kind).

  Charise likes pink ribbons, pink socks, pink umbrellas, pink notebooks, and the occasional pink cupcake. She does not like pink sunburns!

  Charise shares her home in Westchester County, New York, with her husband (who would be pinked up) and their daughter (very often pink), son (not ever pink!), and cat (hmm … maybe).

  Visit her on the Web at www.chariseharper.com.

 

 

  Charise Mericle Harper, Pink Me Up

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