![]() ![]() ![]() Now, let me take you on the rollercoaster-esque mental journey I experienced while reading The Princess in Black: A child (Princess Magnolia) dupes the clueless adult (Duchess Wigtower), thus giving child readers a sense of power.Princess Magnolia’s horse spends his days disguised as a unicorn by the name of Frimplepants, ‘nough said.As far as all the technicalities of an easy reader/chapter book go, this is a success: simple (but not simplistic) and accessible sentences, the story is engaging and full of action, and, overall, I find it nicely suited to it’s 5-8 year old target audience.To start, here is a list of my Undisputed Likes: Thus commences my first ever Book Wars post without any kind of truly conclusive opinion. Here comes the “however,” though: however, now that I’ve read it, I find myself a little conflicted. Needless to say, I was very excited about The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale (2014). For anyone who remembers my series on Princess Picture Books (or just anyone who knows me IRL/at all) you know that reimagined and/or feminist princess stories are kinda my thing. ![]()
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