Being a princess is very hard work by Sarah KilBride
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Ill. by Ada Grey. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018. ISBN 9781408881941
(Age: All ages) Highly
recommended. Themes: Self Esteem, Rhyming book. If you ever thought being a REAL Princess was loads of
fun, and even easy, then this funny rhyming picture book will set
you straight. Imagine sitting on a throne for hours, to practising
handshakes and waving at your subjects when all you feel like doing
is having a nap. Think of having no time to play, keeping all those
body noises inside and most definitely no nose picking. Tables
manners must be immaculate and no fussy eating allowed. Worse still
the dragons you might have to contend with, and the frogs just
waiting to be bestowed with a kiss. Having to look neat and
spotlessly clean always, which pretty much makes anything remotely
fun out of the question. Just being yourself, a REAL little girl,
moody, energetic, noisy and yes messy, of course, but also generous
and kind is so much better.
That's the opinion (anyway) of one would-be young princess's Mum and
Dad, who want their child to know that they love her for who and
what she is. The rhyming text is complimented with fabulous
illustrations with double spread pictures full of wonderful details,
many of them taken from traditional fairy tales, adding another
dimension for the reader to enjoy.
Perfect for young would-be princesses and parents that want to get
the message to their child to appreciate their "inner beauty" and
develop themselves in spite of any "quirky" traits they think they
may have.
Donna Isgar