A deck of cards and the Pigeonhole Principle

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I am trying to solve the following problem:

How many cards must be chosen from a standard deck of 52 cards to guarantee that there are at least two cards of each of two different kinds?

It isn't specified, but I am assuming "kind" to mean the rank of the card.

Using the Pigeonhole Principle, I came up with the number 5, but my book says 17. Where am I going wrong?

Thank you!