Our library has a seasonal section. That is to say, all the seasonal books are kept on one set of shelves, so when my wife goes looking for Christmas books, my four-year-old finds Valentine's Day books. Hence: The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart. The book was fun, and captured the thinking of a little girl who thinks of herself as a fairy princess. My girls were distracted by the time we got to this book, but I think they would have enjoyed it more, if there hadn't been other things more exciting to capture their attention (e.g., molding clay and a pretend car made from a shipping box).This little girls who thinks of herself as a fairy princess spends a long time making Valentines for her classmates only to leave them at home. Everything works out, and... she finds the true meaning of Valentines Day??? Whatever, it was a good book.
I didn't realize it was "authored" by Julie Andrews (yes that Julie Andrews) until writing this post. Of course the book has a co-author, and I'm not sure a book like this justifies a co-author, unless one of the co-authors primary job is to put their name on the front of the book so it will sell. Also, the co-author, Emma Walton Hamilton, is Julie Andrew's daughter. Again, it was a good book regardless, and according to the dust jacket, "Julie has been a celebrated children's book author for thirty years..." I guess I will look up her other books next time we are at the library.
Format: paper
Read/don't read: read
You can find this book at Amazon.com here: The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart
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