Shannon Hale & Dean Hale (text), LeUyen Pham (artwork) (Walker Books) Princess Magnolia is entertaining nosy Duchess Wigtower with hot chocolate and scones when an alarm sounds. Magnolia plays innocent, blaming noisy birds, but really she knows it signifies a monster has entered the realms of her kingdom, and that her alter ego the Princess in …
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Shannon Hale
Ever After High and musings about the licensing of children’s books
While I would not call myself a complete snob when it comes to TV/Film tie-ins, I would say that I definitely avoid them. Yet, I have never stopped my children from reading them, particularly picturebooks linked to children’s series. Even though their interest in them is often time-limited (lots of interest for a short time, …
Princess Academy
Shannon Hale (Bloomsbury Children’s Books) When representatives of the king arrive in an isolated mountain village to announce that the priests have divined that the future princess will come from there, fourteen year-old Miri’s life is turned upside down, as are the lives of all of the other girls in the village. For now they must leave the …