SuitabookThe Pink Lizard
Nancy S Mure
- Reading
- Read together and pause at the change in the lizards' response; invite your child to compare the story's stated message with what happens to Hillary.
- Themes
- Belonging and changing colour: Hillary is rejected because she is pink. The other lizards befriend her after her scales change; when she grows happier, her scales turn pink again. The stated message is acceptance, but the plot makes acceptance follow a change in Hillary's appearance, leaving a tension between the theme and events.
- Worth knowing
- The other lizards reject Hillary because of her colour, and her attempts to gain their friendship are unsuccessful before her scales change.