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Pinny the Bowling Pin Inspired Manicure {Blog Tour}

~ Taylor Justine ~ 1 Comment

A fun and CUTE character like Pinny definitely deserves his very own mani! I wanted to create a design that would say PINNY right off the bat.

Pinny the Bowling Pin Inspired Manicure

I was inspired by the look of a bowling pin, with the double red stripe on the stark white background. It creates such a clean, sleek look that can be worn without an explanation, but at the same time represents the book. I threw in a bowling ball accent nail inspired by the color of the book’s ball that can’t knock Pinny down.

Pinny the Bowling Pin Inspired Manicure

The bowling ball in the story was brown, but I wanted to add a bit of pizzazz to the mani. I grabbed Julep Candace, which is a beautiful black/brown shimmer, and used their Black Latex for the finger holes. The matte texture of the black is perfect to create contrast between the shimmer and the dot!

Pinny the Bowling Pin Inspired Manicure

I had so much fun getting to know Pinny and Leah during the blog tour, and I’m so glad I could honor Pinny with this fun manicure. Make sure to check out the next stop of the blog tour over at Milliebot Reads! I hope you enjoyed the last three days as much as I did! You should definitely become friends with Pinny when his book comes out on November 21st! Happy Reading!

Pinny the Bowling Pin {Blog Tour}

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What if you were a bowling pin who just couldn’t fall down? Well that’s just Pinny’s luck! Brand new children’s book, Pinny the Bowling Pin by Leah Ward, follows the story of Pinny, a bowling pin who is teased and rejected by everyone because he can’t seem to do his job and FALL DOWN!

Pinny the Bowling Pin

Goodreads Summary – Bowling Pin’s have feelings, too, in this funny, uplifting and overcoming story of the pin who felt alone because he couldn’t seem to do what all the other pins did – fall.

Poor Pinny just wants to fit in. He is tired of being the last bowling pin standing, making it nearly impossible for kids to bowl a strike. Everyone dislikes the last pin, the lone pin, the one who won’t fall no matter how many others do. As if it isn’t bad enough that the kids don’t like him, even the other pin’s don’t! He is making them look bad after all. But maybe, Pinny wasn’t meant to fit in? Maybe he was meant for something greater! Perhaps a doctor, a rockstar, or even the President!

Kids will be imagining their own humorous occupations for Pinny, and sharing a laugh with the lovable character and the author who finally revealed the truth behind the bowling pins lives. This story is a perfect gift for anti-bullying, for a reminder to kids to never give up, and for those who just want to know why it’s so difficult to bowl a strike!

This is my first children’s book review, and I thought it was very cute and heartwarming. I’d forgotten how much fun it is to read a book with pictures! I will say that the illustrations and images outshine the book itself. While the book has a wonderful message about anti-bullying, I felt it was a bit difficult to connect with the story from time to time. One trap some children’s books fall into is repetitive sentence structure. When this happens, it starts to feel like the sentences are all the same short length, and that was sometimes the case here. That aside, I really was very entertained throughout the whole story, especially because of the humor Ward was able to weave throughout!

Check back tomorrow for a Q&A with author Leah Ward and Wednesday for my Pinny-inspired manicure! The Pinny Blog Tour continues on after that and heads to Milliebot Reads! For the rest of the tour schedule, you can check out Leah Ward’s website. Happy Reading!