Song for a Princess - Softcover

Mortimer, Rachael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906427127 ISBN 13: 9781906427122

Publisher: Chicken House Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

What will make a sad princess happy? Beautiful things won't do, as the birds in the palace garden discover. But when Little Bird makes up a simple song of friendship from words he's collected in his nest, she knows she'll never be lonely again.

About this title

About the Author

Rachael Mortimer is the author of Sammy's Surprise Deliveries, Snoring Beauty, and The Three Billy Goats Fluff. She lives in London with her husband and their two daughters.

Maddy McClellan is the illustrator of The Princess and the Pets, Kit the Cat, Dig the Dog and Other Stories, T'wit T'woo, and many other picture books. She lives with her husband and their two sons in South Downs, England, where she works in an old flint barn, visited daily by the odd chicken or duck.

From School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1–Happiness abounds in the bright, cheerful palace garden in which the princess and her friend share stories. A little brown bird gathers their words and weaves them into his nest. He prefers words over worms, since words can bring happiness over and over again, whereas worms are “gone in two beakfuls.” But then the friend has to go away, and the princess's resulting loneliness brings rain and gloom to the garden. Following the traditional fairy-tale pattern, all the people of the land try to cheer the princess, but only the most unlikely hero succeeds. The flashier palace birds give it their best shot but fail. Instead it is the plain brown bird who brings her solace, using the words he has collected to sing a lullaby about friendship. The illustrations use collage elements to add texture and incorporate words into the hills, the trees, and the bird's nest. Bright colors create a cheerful book, even during the princess's lonely period. Little girls with a princess fixation will enjoy this one and relate to the universal theme of missing a friend. Adult readers will appreciate a princess option about the sustaining power of words and story, with nary a prince anywhere.–Suzanne Myers Harold, Multnomah County Library System, Portland, ORα(c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chicken House Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1906427127
• ISBN 13: 9781906427122
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 25