The Princess and the Pit Stop

Posted on 19 February 2018 by Tom Angleberger

Once upon a time there was a Princess.who made a pit stop. While the Birds and Beasts changed her tires, her Fairy Godmother told her she was in last place With just one lap left She might as well give upGive up Not THIS princess Instead, she hit the gasJoin Her Royal Highness in the driver s seat for a mad dash to the finish in this exciting ode to auto racing With appearances by fairy tale favorites including the Tortoise and the Hare, the Frog Prince, and ALL of the Wicked Witches, this rollicking mash up of race cars and royalty is a true celebration of both girl power and horsepower. Read The Princess and the Pit Stop By Tom Angleberger – kino-fada.fr Who says race cars are for boys The princess puts the petal to the metal in this colorful, fast paced, comedic race to the finish line The Princess and the Pit Stop features myriad characters from well known fairy tales like the wolf the three li...The illustrations are wonderful, but the story is lacking.How could I resist this book when I saw it A princess Auto racing A cover that promised some awesome illustrations I just love princess stories, heck, even my blog name is Twirling Book Princess though that mostly has to do with my fiance I was definitely interested in seeing how a princess auto racing would come together and fit together.From the first page I was hooked I mean come on, her pit stop team was a caterpillar Alice in Wonderland , a fairy Godmother, a dwarf, a hare, and How could I resist this book when I saw it A princess Auto racing A cover that promised some awesome illustrations I just love princess stories, heck, even my blog name is Twirling Book Princess though that mostly has to do with my fiance I was definitely interested in seeing how a princess auto racing would come together and fit together.From the first page I was hooked I mean come on, her pit stop team was a caterpillar Alice in Wonderland , a fairy Godmother, a dwarf, a hare, and a pig It was fun that the book didn t start with the start of the race instead taking us much further into the race, having the princess at the last place Oh my It was so much fun seeing her pass all kinds of fairy tales, with a rainbow tail to hav...Super cute picture book about a princess who refused to give up The text is funny a lot of puns related to nursery rhymes, I hope younger readers will get them all and the illustrations are vibrant and attractive.Dan Santat for the win here Love that rainbow trail behind the PrincessThe best part besides the classic Santat illustrations are the verbs Angleberger uses as the Princess leaves all the fairytale characters in the dust.Cute, but I feel like this would have beenfun if it had a little bitstory and a little less fairy tale name dropping I wanted to knowabout Princess skillsGreat illustrations but a tad boring, IMO But a kid might like it better.Fantastic illustrations, not much conflict I know it s a kid book, but it s even light for that.Pictures were awesome text, meh.

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19 February 2018

Tom Angleberger