Miss Pinkeltink's Purse

A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2019A warm-hearted homeless woman finds a homeFrom its humorous opening through its sad midpoint and uplifting end, Miss Pinkeltinks story shines a light on humanity. This story with children as agents of positive change reminds us again that communities are best known by their treatment of the disadvantaged among them."e;Rosy-cheeked and quite antique, Miss Pinkeltink / carried everything but the kitchen sink. / Her purse was so big that it dragged on the floor. / When she rode on the bus it got stuck in the door."e;Generous and eccentric, Miss Pinkeltink fills her huge purse with everything from a toilet plunger to roller skates, and then gives it all away. She offers tape to fix a flat tire and a bone to a kitty: Miss Pinkeltinks gifts never quite hit the mark, / but she gave what she had, and she gave from the heart. And then, with nothing left to give or to shelter herself, she huddles on a park bench, trying to sleep in the rain. And thats where Zoey sees her from her bedroom window and knows that something must be done.