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REVIEWING TODAY: DON’T DRINK THE PINK BY B.C.R. FEGAN, ILLUSTRATED BY LENNY WEN
Almost by nature, children’s books are magical, but Don’t Drink the Pink by B.C.R. Fegan, illustrated by Lenny Wen, provides so many extra doses of beguiling magic, one tends to fly off on personally-induced imaginings prompted by this book’s irresistible array of incredible, incredulity-producing, plot-scenes. The storyline is infectious. Our narrator, a young girl deliciously ensnared and entranced by a doting but mysterious grandpa, recalls a youthful lifetime of annual birthdays memorably marked by freely picking one of Grandpa’s strange, distinctly-colored potions to imbibe. Just … don’t drink the pink. The suspense of impatiently waiting to see what will happen when … assuredly, inevitably … we get to witness the choosing of the pink elixir, is only outweighed by the great delight in seeing what magic happens specifically for every other color.
From one year old to age 15, young Madeline obeys Grandpa’s titled admonition: Don’t Drink the Pink, and the author B.C.R. Fegan and illustrator Lenny Wen do much more than minimally required in piquing and rewarding our ever-escalating curiosity about what will happen if Madeline should stray, but also about the miraculous things that happen when choosing red at one, blue at two, yellow at three, and …. In every case, each age is revealed in simple but elegant rhymes illustrated by marvelous renderings, superbly enhancing the fantastical experiences. Both words and pictures capture perfectly the magic-filled events gifted to Madeline by her Grandpa on each birthday, when, of course, she always avoids drinking the pink. Until, fatefully, on a most special celebration day, she does.
B. FEGAN
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