My Little Pony: Pinkie Pie and the Rockin' Ponypalooza Party! - Softcover

Berrow, G. M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316228184 ISBN 13: 9780316228183

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2013

Synopsis

Pinkie Pie has always been a bit different from her very serious family. When she plans a Ponyville "rock" concert to support the family business, Pinkie's family doesn't like the idea. They just want her to be serious, for once. This is a real problem! Read along as Pinkie gets a little help from her friends in this original and brand-new adventure!



Don't miss the pink activity pages in the back of the book!

About this title

About the Author

G.M. Berrow is a writer and television industry professional living in Brooklyn, New York. She also has a special talent for making balloon arches and baking really pretty cakes that would surely make Pinkie Pie proud.

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My Little Pony Pinkie Pie and the Rockin' Ponypalooza Party!

By G.M. Berrow

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Copyright © 2013 G.M. Berrow
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-316-22818-3

CHAPTER 1

Welcome, Spring-Sproing Springtime

It was a perfect day in Ponyville. The clouds finally cleared from the sky andgentle rays of sunshine illuminated every cottage, garden, and cobblestone path.Ponies all around town emerged from their homes, blinking the sleepy winter outof their eyes. It had been almost a week since they'd finished their annualWinter Wrap-Up. The ponies had spent an entire day working hard to clear thepaths of snow and ice, welcoming back the critters, and plowing the fields toready them for crops of fresh fruits and veggies. Now every morning was likeopening a present! The ponies loved being greeted by flowers and butterflies,rather than snowflakes and chilly breezes.

This morning, one pony in particular was feeling an extra spring in her step.

"Waaaaaaaaake up, citizens of Ponyville!" Pinkie Pie hollered, throwing open herbedroom window on the tippity-top floor of Sugarcube Corner. She was obliviousto the early hour. Even though nopony was awake enough yet to listen, she calledout, "It's going to be an awesome day!"

The candy-striped curtains rustled as a sweet, fresh breeze floated inside.Pinkie closed her eyes, inhaled deeply, and smiled from ear to ear. "Don't youjust love spring, Gummy?" Pinkie bounced around her pet alligator with glee, hercurly fuchsia mane puffing up. "It's all sunshine and good smells and playingoutside!"

Gummy blinked his large eyes in response, but his face remained expressionless."Here! Smell this! It'll make you feel all flowery-powery!" Pinkie plucked apurple posy from her newly installed window box and bounded back over to Gummy.The tiny gator opened his mouth, clamped down on the posy, and swallowed.

"Ooooh, what a fun way to welcome spring, Gummy! Maybe I'll try it, too."

Pinkie plucked another bloom and popped it into her mouth. Her face twisted intoa sour look. It did not taste like a sugary delight. "Yuck! Actually,maybe I'll just stick to cupcakes for now."

Pinkie trotted across the brightly colored room. Everything in sight waspatterned with hearts or balloons. "So, what's on the PPP for today, Gummy?" Shelooked over her Pinkie Party Planner on the wall. It had been a gift fromTwilight Sparkle and was where she kept track of all the exciting partieshappening around Ponyville. The majority of them were events she'd plannedherself, but it still pleased her to see how much fun everypony was having. Eversince she accidentally multiplied herself in the Mirror Pool in an attempt notto miss out on anything, she thought it was best to keep track of fun anotherway.

She scanned the list. "Let's see ... Ice-Cream Sundae Sunday party atSweetcream Scoops's house? No, that's tomorrow. Silly me! Today is Saturday."She looked at Saturday—but what Pinkie saw there horrified her. Thereweren't any parties on today's schedule. Not one! Pinkie's jaw dropped,and she sunk to the floor like a wilted flower. How could this be? A whole daywith no fun activities to attend? What was she going to do with her time? Thesweet sound of birds chirping outside taunted her. Even the birds sounded likethey had a party planned for today!

Pinkie stood up straight with a determined look in her eye. "There's no way wecan waste such a prettiful sunshiny day doing nothing, Gummy!" Sheleaped over to a mountainous stack of colored boxes in the corner—herparty supplies—and started to riffle through them rapidly. Neon streamersflew through the air. Glitter confetti sprinkled down. Pointed party hats,noisemakers, and birthday candles rolled across the floor. It looked likePinkie's party cannon had exploded! She was making a big mess, but she didn'tcare. Pinkie Pie needed inspiration.

"Aha! This could be superiffic...." Pinkie squealed, pulling out a shiny magentacape edged in blue and yellow ribbons. She threw it over her shoulders andpopped on a matching mask. "A superpony party, perhaps?"

Gummy blinked, unconvinced. Pinkie's shoulders sagged. He was right. The capewasn't quite doing it. Pinkie tossed it onto the pile of rejected items andsighed. "I know! I know!" she said, brightening up again. "How about a Capturethe Flag tournament? Those are fantilly-astically fun!"

Pinkie grunted as she struggled to push a massive gold box labeled PARTY FLAGS!(1 OF 3) to the center of the room. She placed a small ladder on the side anddived headfirst into the box, causing several flags to spill out and land on thealready cluttered floor.

Pinkie wasn't just looking for any old flag. She wanted a special flag thatwould be absolutely perfect for the game, and she knew just the one. It was akeepsake from the time she'd been in charge of the flügelhorn booth at theCrystal Faire. It had a sparkly pink flügelhorn on it. Sparkles were verypopular in Equestria lately—ever since the Crystal Empire had returned.

But it was no use! Pinkie found checkered racing flags, some Summer SunCelebration flags, and even flags with tiny flags painted on them. But no pinkflügelhorn. Pinkie was pretty down on her luck today. "Oh well. Never mindthat!" she exclaimed. "I'm sure there's something else around here...."

Meanwhile, Gummy climbed on top of one of Pinkie's homemade Super SpringSneakers—a set of shoes with giant silver springs attached to the bottomsfor maximum bounce-ability. He slowly sprang up and down on one of them, and theshoe made a small squeaky noise. It was hard to tell if he was having fun, sincehe couldn't smile, but he kept doing it, so that was a good indication.

"Gummy, you're brilliant!" Pinkie shouted. She did a celebratory twirl thatrustled up some stray confetti like a party tornado. "Why didn't you saysomething sooner?!" Pinkie smiled extra wide and strapped on her sneakers."We're going to have a Spring-Sproing-Spring Party to welcome the new season! Wehave so much to do!" And with that, Pinkie bounced out the door and into action.It was time to get this party started!

CHAPTER 2

Pinkie's Party Ponies

Whenever Pinkie Pie went somewhere, it usually took her much less time thanother ponies. She had a unique way of traveling. She preferred to hop, skip, orbounce rather than trot or walk. Today, with her spring-loaded sneaks strappedto her hooves, she was bouncing high into the sky. "Hellooo!" she chirped as shepoked her head through a cloud, surprising a green Pegasus with a yellow manewho had been asleep.

Boing! B-b-ba-doing! Boing! B-b-ba-doing!

Within a few minutes, Pinkie accidentally found herself on the outskirts ofPonyville. "Whoopsy-doodles! I overshot my bounce range again!" She giggledbefore heading back to the spot where she had meant to land—right in thecenter of Ponyville. It was the absolute best spot to start telling every-ponyabout the Spring-Sproing-Spring Party. Then she would quickly go cottage tocottage, leaving plenty of time to set up for the party and have the best timeever the rest of the day.

Pinkie cleared her throat and looked out into the now-bustling marketplace. Shebegan to sing and do a bubbly dance routine. "It's spring! It's spring! What awonderful thing! It's time to laugh; it's time to sing! But most of all ...it's time to spriiiiiiiiing!" Pinkie Pie spread her hooves out wide and smiledat the crowd.

But nopony had stopped to listen. That didn't stop Pinkie. "You're all invitedto my Spring-Sproing-Spring Party! This afternoon! By the lake! Be there if youlike having a little fun, a lot of fun, or even just medium fun!"

Sea Swirl and Rose trotted past, giggling and shaking their heads. They wereused to seeing Pinkie act silly, and seemed to be too busy to stop and hear whatthe party was all about. Pinkie shrugged and started her song again. "It'sspring! It's spring! What a won—"

All of a sudden, a little voice interrupted her.

"A party? Can we come, Pinkie?" said Apple Bloom in her cowgirl accent, jumpingup and down like a baby lamb. She was just a little filly—light yellow-greenwith a bold pink mane. She hadn't received her cutie mark yet. As usual,her two best friends, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle—also "blank flanks,"were standing by her side.

"Of course!" Pinkie shouted, and sprang into the air. "Everypony's invited!Especially you three!"

"Yay!" the three ponies chorused, and erupted into a tizzy of excitement.Parties in Ponyville were a frequent occurrence, but they weren't usually calledout as guests of honor.

"What sort of awesome stuff will there be at the party?" asked Scootaloo. "Willthere be bouncing?"

"Will there be springing?" added Sweetie Belle.

"What about sproinging?" squealed Apple Bloom.

"All of the above!" shouted Pinkie, her smile growing wider by the second. "Andalso big huge trampolines, a bouncy barn, and bundles of bungees! All of thespringiest things there are." Pinkie looked at them proudly.

"Well, count the Cutie Mark Crusaders in," said Apple Bloom. She turned to hertwo friends. "Maybe one of us will get our cutie mark while we're there!"

"Yeah!" Scootaloo chimed in. "My hidden talent could be ... jumping?"

"Let's find out!" Pinkie pulled three sets of mini spring-loaded shoes just likehers seemingly out of nowhere. It was almost like magic, but it wasn't—itwas just Pinkie. She was prepared for a good time, and nopony could blame herfor that!

(Continues...)

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Edition details

• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316228184
• ISBN 13: 9780316228183
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160