Pinky and Rex

Close neighbors and best friends, Pinky and Rex have been delighting newly independent readers and defying conventional gender stereotypes ever since their first adventure appeared in 1990. Pinky is a boy who loves to collect stuffed animals and whose favorite color is pink. Rex is a sports-crazy girl who is passionate about dinosaurs. "Childlike, appealing, and believable," is how School Library Journal sums up this popular series. "The stories are solidly written," Booklist adds, "and perhaps best of all, they make you think . . . "