It opens with Granddaddy Terry as a nervous first-time father, overly-worried about his baby daughter until his mother advises him to “Enjoy her. Have fun!” So, dubbing his daughter the “Pink Flash” (no doubt because of all the pink clothes she’s been given), he lifts her into the air, flies her around the room, and begins to teach her how much fun the world can be, and what a wonderful part of it she is.

A generation later, Granddaddy Terry is gone, but the Pink Flash becomes a joyful family tradition when his first granddaughter is born, and her own father lifts her into the air for flying lessons. Although the baby will never know her grandfather in person, she will always have his loving legacy of the Pink Flash.

Illustrated and designed by award-winning artist Carol Tornatore, the drawings look like lovingly-wrought daddy-and-daughter paintings but are actually the result of cutting-edge digital technology that combines photos with original art. Tornatore, a seven-time winner of the Chicago Book Clinic’s Honor Book Award of Excellence and many other awards, has been designing books for over 20 years, with projects ranging from art books to children’s stories.