Princess Sparkle-Heart Gets a Makeover

Posted on 12 March 2018 by Josh Schneider

Amelia and her dog are best friends until Princess Sparkle Heart comes along Soon, Amelia and Princess Sparkle Heart are doing everything together having tea parties, attending royal weddings, keeping each other s secrets Princess Sparkle Heart may be an awesome princess doll but is she any match for a jealous canine Look out, Princess Sparkle Heart This witty parable of sibling rivalry has all the giggle inducing visual detail and kid appeal of the author s previous work, plus an unexpected twist that makes for a satisfyingly delicious ending. Download Princess Sparkle-Heart Gets a Makeover By Josh Schneider – kino-fada.fr I fondly thought and hoped that Josh Schneider s Princess Sparkle Heart Gets a Makeover would be much entertaining and fun the title certainly did and still does sound appealing and intriguing However, while there definitely is a certain amount of sly humour and important messages presented regarding remaking and strengthening used and destroyed toys, and perhaps also concepts and ideas on how to combat jealousy and potential rivalry Amelia spends so much of...Sometimes I ll just sit back and think about how the advent of the internet has affected literary culture I don t mean book promotion or reviews or any of that I m talking about the very content of books themselves On the one hand, it accounts for the rise in Steampunk a desire for tactile, hands on technology, gears and all On the other, it has led to a rise in books where characters make things So why, you may be asking yourself, am I saying all this when ostensibly I m supposed to be r Sometimes I ll just sit back and think about how the advent of the internet has affected literary culture I don t mean book promotion or reviews or any of that I m talking about the very content of books themselves On the one hand, it accounts for the rise ...It s a Frankenstein story with a happy ending It s a revenge story without a comeuppance It s a doll story in which prettier isn t necessarily better.I HEART PRINCESS SPARKLE HEART And wait there s something about Josh Schneider s persnickety, precise lines that puts me in mind of old supernerdy comics artists There s an obsessive satisfaction in the way he carves tiny parallel wavy lines to describe a cocker spaniel s fur, or cramped round crinkles for lace Reminds me of Matt Howarth of a It s a Frankenstein story with a happy ending It s a revenge story without a comeuppance It s a doll story in which prettier isn t necessarily better.I HEART PRINCESS SPARKLE HEART And wait there s something about Josh Schneider s persnickety, precise lines that puts me in mind of old superner...A beloved doll is the victim of a hate crime borne of jealousy However, this grim tale has a Happily Ever After as the doll is put back together, turned into a better, stronger entity, a doll even I would have loved SO MUCH.I found the illus...Originally published on my blog, Nine Pages.Seeing the title, I had high expectations of this book, and those expectations were not met The Barbie like Princess Sparkle is destroyed by the family dog, and Amelia and her mother set out to repair her and make her better than before The end result is nearer to Lilo s Scrump than Barbie, and Amelia declares her better than new, bu...The twist was not a surprise to me Making the dog the enemy was the surprise Thank goodness for the epilogue Good book to spark discussion with your kids, maybe Would have been a better book if Amelia, not Mom, were the Maker.Illustrations, ah I have to honestly say I stil...I love the idea of children making over their dolls It s unfortunate that toys available for consumption do not match the diversity of the kids who love them in either looks or interests However, there are some implications about femininity in Princess Sparkle Heart that are insidious The original doll was classically feminine, pink and purple with clearly defined eyelashes and lipstick The new doll is larger, bulkier, and less traditionally pretty and feminine The original Sparkle Heart is I love the idea of children making over their dolls It s unfortunate that toys available for consumption do not match the diversity of the kids who love them in either looks or interests However, there are some implications about femininity in Princess Spark...Amelia s best friend is Princess Sparkle Heart They everything together such as having tea parties, going to royal weddings, keeping secrets Then one day while Amelia was taking a bath Princess Sparkle Heart had an accident Amelia was so sad but her mother winds up promising to put her back together again Amelia and her mother work hard to get her together again In the end Amelia realized just better Princess Sparkle Heart was after she was put togther.Great for girls or boysGreat for Kinde Amelia s best friend is Princess Sparkle Heart They everything together such as having tea parties, going to royal weddings, keeping secrets Then one day while Amelia was taking a bath Princess Sparkle Heart had an accident Amelia was so sad but her mother winds up promising to put her back together again Amelia and her mother work hard to get her together again In the end Amelia realized just better Princess Sparkle Heart was after she was put togther.Great for girls or boysGreat for...A jealous dog goes to town on his nemesis, Princess Sparkle Heart, a lovely little stuffed princess doll Mom helps fix Princess Sparkle Heart, but she gets a few enhancements Funny story.A nice story, but I can t say that I have seen such a hair on a main character before, plus her eyes seem soul less and creepy for a child s book But the princess lover s probably won t mind.

English
12 March 2018

Josh Schneider