Princess Battle Royale
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- $159.00
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- $159.00
Descripción editorial
In this action-packed picture book, the fairytale princesses compete in an epic MMA (that's mixed magical arts) tournament and try to defeat the reigning champion, the Swan Princess!
Welcome, ladies and gents to the WPW: World Princess Wrestling! Princesses from all over the globe will battle for a chance to be crowned victor and wear the Enchanted Championship Belt. But first, they have to defeat the reigning champ: the baddest bird of the ballet--Swan Princess!
Rapunzel the Reaper is up first, but her signature Hair Whiplash is defeated by the Swan Princess' Plie Driver! Next up, we have the Little Mermaid, but she finds herself in her own tail jail. Sleeping Beauty gives it a go and is put in a sleeper hold.
Round after round, one princess after another goes down at the wings of the current titleholder. Can anyone take down this Brawny Swan?!
It turns out that Little Red has been watching from the sidelines and is ready to activate Wolf Mode and enter the ring. Could this once-overlooked towel girl be the hero that these princesses need?
With words by Phaea Crede and illustrations by New York Times bestselling illustrator Jen Hill, this is a thrilling picture book that is filled with puns and is a fresh take on the world's well-known fairytale characters.
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Creatively punning dialogue and action-packed comics-style panels winningly combine in this highly entertaining princess smackdown. Courtesy of "the WPW: World Princess Wrestling," a global cast of princesses compete to beat the reigning champion, avian Swan Princess. One by one, the royal wrestlers enter the ring to take on the "prima slammerina." Rapunzel the Reaper "comes in hot with her signature Hair Whiplash," but to no avail, and Sleeping "Leaping" Beauty is "downed with a sleeper hold. Oh, the irony." After Kaguya, the Moon Monarch of Mayhem!, temporarily fells the bird with a "moonsault," the antagonist trashes the stadium, leaving previously dismissed towel girl Little Red Riding Hood to draw on her own storied background. Crede's gleeful text doesn't miss a trash-talking trick, and Hill's exuberant gouache, watercolor, and digital renderings capture the matches' glamour and over-the-top drama. It's truly a fairy tale fight not to miss. Characters are portrayed with various skin tones. Ages 4–8.
