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Title: The Princess and the Pizza by Mary Jane Auch, Herm Auch ISBN: 0-8234-1683-6 Publisher: Holiday House Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful Read-Aloud
Comment: This book is an absolute hoot to read aloud to students or to your own child. My students range from average to gifted, third through fifth grade, and EVERYONE of them loves this book. The characters are very easy to "voice". Students also love to read this book to themselves. The illustrations just add all that much more fun. I'm buying two copies, since the library wants it back!
Rating: 5
Summary: Who Wants to be a Princess Anyway.....
Comment: Poor Princess Paulina. Her father, the king, gave up his throne to become a wood-carver, and she's really missing all the perks of princessing. So when she hears that Queen Zelda, of Blom, is searching for a wife for her son, Prince Drubert, she dusts off her tiara and heads for the castle. Paulina has no trouble passing the pea and mattress test..."That's so once-upon-a-time", or the essay on "Why I Want to Have the Gracious and Exquisitely Beautiful Queen Zelda for My Mother-in-Law, or even the glass slipper test..."For Pete's sake, you never heard of sneakers?" But the final task, cooking a feast worthy of a prince, is a bit more daunting. Especially when the other two finalists, a young lady with an impossibly long braid that drags across the floor and a girl followed around by seven funny looking little men, grab all the ingredients. Paulina is left with only flour, yeast, water, tomatoes and a block of stale cheese..... Mary Jane and Herm Auch have authored a wry and hilarious fractured fairy tale, starring a sassy and confident heroine, that's full of familiar characters and clever scenes kids will recognize from stories of the past. Her witty text is entertaining and engaging, and begs to be read aloud. Mr Auch's bold, bright and expressive artwork complements the story beautifully, and is full of wonderfully eye-catching detail. Perfect for youngsters 4-8, The Princess And The Pizza is a modern fairy tale, complete with a surprise ending with a twist, that's sure to leave readers satisfied, and with a big smile on their faces.
Rating: 5
Summary: HILARIOUS TAKE ON TRADITIONAL FAIRY TALES
Comment: A hilarious take on traditional fairy tales, "The Princess and the Pizza" is a very contemporary version of the eternal triangle - prince/princess/mean stepmother.
Princess Paulina was down on her luck. Her Dad had relinquished his throne to become a wood-carver, a task he had yet to master, and she missed princessing. Why, hardly anyone watched her do the royal wave.
So, when she found out that Prince Drupert needed a bride she was among the first in line. Regrettably she was in competition with twelve other wanna-be brides, and the Queen was extremely demanding. Nonetheless, Paulina didn't tumble for the old princess and the pea trick; she passed the essay and glass slipper tests with flying royal colors. But then, the greatest challenge of all, the remaining princesses-to-be must prepare a feast and the [others] would be beheaded!
Here's where ingenuity and a little luck come in handy. Paulina's pizza takes the prize, but is Prince Drupert such a prize after all?
The Auchs have created an original, laugh provoking tale with lots of twists before a satisfying ending.
- Gail Cooke
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Title: Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry, Middy Chilman Thomas ISBN: 0618238484 Publisher: Walter Lorraine Books Pub. Date: 30 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Bob Hartman, Tim Raglin ISBN: 0399235787 Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Epossumondas by Coleen Salley, Janet Stevens ISBN: 015216748X Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Little Red (Hen Makes a Pizza) by Philemon Sturges, Amy Walrod ISBN: 0142301892 Publisher: Puffin Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin ISBN: 006000150X Publisher: Joanna Cotler Pub. Date: 14 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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