Pinky and the Petunias

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Esphyr Slobodkina’s award-winning children’s books have delighted children and parents for generations. Caps for Sale is a particular favorite, as is Sleepy ABC, which was written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Slobodkina. Please click on a thumbnail below to view sample pages and learn more about each text.

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Pinky and the Petunias, written and illustrated by Esphyr Slobodkina. Published in 1959 by Abelard.

A mischievous cat named Pinky likes to eat the neighbor’s petunias. No matter what any one says or does, Pinky continues to eat the flower beds one by one. Then one day, Pinky encounters an angry bee and finally learns a valuable lesson.

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