Princesses Are Not Just Pretty - Hardcover

Lum, Kate

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 159990778X ISBN 13: 9781599907789

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2014

Synopsis

Princesses Mellie, Allie, and Libby are back in another rollicking, royal adventure. When the girls begin to argue about which princess is the prettiest in the land, they decide to hold a contest. But of course, the girls get side-tracked helping others on their way to the contest leaving Princess Mellie as the muddiest, Princess Allie as the yuckiest, and Princess Libby as the drippiest. But due to their kindness, the princesses win in the end!

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About the Author

Kate Lum is the author of several Bloomsbury picture books, including Princesses Are Not Quitters, Princesses Are Not Perfect, Princesses Are Not Just Pretty, What! Cried Granny, and Stanley and the No-Hic Machine. She has won the Red House Children's Book Award, the Japan Picture Book Award, the Nick Jr. Family Magazine Best Book of the Year Award, and been shortlisted for the German Youth Literature Prize, among others. Kate holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. She lives in Canada with her husband, musician Bryan Potvin, and has two adult children.

Sue Hellard is the illustrator of Princesses Are Not Quitters!, Princesses Are Not Perfect, Where's My Hug?, and Madame Pamplemousse and Her Incredible Edibles. She lives in England.

From School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 3—Princess fans will adore the return of Allie, Mellie, and Libby as they compete for the title of prettiest princess. Allie dotes on her freckles, claiming "I am the prettiest. It's my freckles, the way they sprinkle my cheeks like cinnamon. Everyone loves cinnamon!" Libby proclaims, "I am the prettiest. It's no use denying it. It's my nose, you see-the way it pokes up at the end is just adorable." Of course Mellie chimes in, declaring, "I am the prettiest. It isn't everyone who has purple hair, you know. It's extra special." On the way to the beauty contest, each princess encounters some type of obstacle. Allie puts out a fire at the palace bakery, Libby must save a little girl's kitten that fell in the water, and Mellie must help a small boy gather his runaway piglets. When they show up for the prettiest contest drippy, muddy, and messy, the judges state, "You have all shown us princesses are not just pretty!" A bit moralistic, but readers will cheer as all three princesses are deemed winners not based on how they look but what they have done to help others. Watercolor illustrations swell with poofy dresses, towering hair, and playful antics, adding spiffy dogs and cats primping in the mix. This is an entertaining story for picture book collections.—Melissa Smith, Royal Oak Public Library, MI

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 159990778X
• ISBN 13: 9781599907789
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Hellard Sue