![]() ![]() The weather vanes on top of the cabins flap in the breeze, the palm tree leaves rattle in the wind, the waves whoosh against the shore, the sky is colored a bright Southern blue, and the taste of fresh coconut lingers in the mouth. ![]() Brink captures the sounds and tastes and sights of this cozy spot by the sea. They make new friends their own age and meet the regular winter guests: an artist who seems to have a few witchy-like powers a magician whose magic seems to have disappeared the woodcarver who crafted the weather vanes atop each cabin and, two shady characters that Kirby, who proudly wears his Junior G-Man badge, is sure are gangsters. But the warm winds and soothing surf begin to work their magic on the children as well as their parents. ![]() They leave the cold and snow and fly to Florida over the children's winter school break with the thought of selling the motel. Mellen, 10-year-old Kirby and 9-year-old Bitsy, live in Minnesota. This one is on the beach in Florida (before monster hotels and condominiums took over) and has been left by Uncle Hiram to his great-grand-niece and her family. The Pink Motel is one of those old-time, individual small cabin motels that used to dot the American landscape. Brink as the author of the 1936 Newbery Medal winner Caddie Woodlawn. ![]() It is only May and I already have my Book of the Year! It is a vintage copy I was delighted to discover on the sale table at the library: The Pink Motel written by Carol Ryrie Brink and ![]()
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