The Princess and the Christmas Rescue - Hardcover

Hart, Caryl

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763696323 ISBN 13: 9780763696320

Publisher: Candlewick Press, 2017

Synopsis

"A welcome twist on a 'saving Christmas' story that slyly references familiar fairy tales while placing a tech-savvy princess at its center." - Publishers Weekly

Princess Eliza is lonely in her beautiful snow palace. Stuck inside all day with no one to play with, she figures out how to make almost anything with a few bits of wood and some string—including her own toys! Anything, that is, except the thing she wants most . . . a friend. As she sets off to find one, Eliza is excited to stumble across a group of elves. But — OH, DEAR! — Santa isn’t feeling well, and there are still so many presents to make! Could Princess Eliza be just the person to save Christmas?

About this title

About the Author

Caryl Hart is a full-time children’s writer who also runs creative workshops with local schools. She lives in the Peak District in England with her guitar-playing husband, two daughters, one fluffy black cat, a goldfish, four hens, and a dog.

Sarah Warburton grew up in North Wales and studied illustration at the University of the West of England. She has created many books, including the Princess series with Caryl Hart. Sarah lives in England with her husband, two children, and a grumpy guinea pig.

From School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 2—In a wintery land in the far north, Princess Eliza is forbidden to play in the dangerous wild, so she keeps herself busy creating Rube Goldberg—type inventions. Her parents think the hobby isn't very "princess-y" and send her off to make a friend instead. Eventually Eliza finds a houseful of overwhelmed elves who are facing a Christmas backlog with flu-ridden Santa. Soon the clever princess has created a "speed-reading thing," a "robotic gift-picking contraption," and a "neat wind-up gift-wrapping machine." Santa is happy, the newly modified sleigh makes quick work of gift giving, and Eliza tells Santa that all she wants is a friend. "'Oh, Princess,' said Santa. 'I think you will find/you've made lots of friends just by being so kind." Her parents sell off some art and jewels to build Eliza a workshop, where she and her new elf friends play and improve Christmas "with kindness and skill." Bright mixed-media illustrations have a cartoonish charm and humorous details to enliven the leaden rhymed couplets of the girl-power princess story. VERDICT Fans of Frozen might be lured in, but they will not be satisfied.—Anne Connor, Los Angeles Public Library

About this edition

• Publisher: Candlewick Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0763696323
• ISBN 13: 9780763696320
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Warburton Sarah