The Very Fairy Princess
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4.0 • 40 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
The book that launched the #1 New York Times bestselling series about believing in yourself and finding your own inner sparkle—from the mother-daughter team of musical icon Julie Andrews and author Emma Walton Hamilton!
While her friends and family may not believe in fairies, Geraldine knows, deep down, that she is a VERY fairy princess. From morning to night, Gerry does everything that fairy princesses do: she dresses in her royal attire, practices her flying skills, and she is always on the lookout for problems to solve. But it isn't all twirls and tiaras - as every fairy princess knows, dirty fingernails and scabby knees are just the price you pay for a perfect day!
This new picture book addition to the Julie Andrews Collection features the joyful illustrations of Christine Davenier, and is sure to inspire that sparkly feeling within the hearts of readers young and old.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Geraldine, this book's redheaded heroine, may look like an ordinary girl, but she harbors no doubts about her magical royal status: I FEEL it inside a sparkling feeling of just KNOWING in my heart. With great powers, however, come great responsibilities. A fairy princess must always wear her crown ( You never know who you might bump into... even on the stairs), shore up her mere mortal friends ( YOU sparkle when you play the trombone, she tells one), and always be on the lookout for problems to solve, like an escaped classroom hamster. Andrews and Hamilton's narrative voice, a mixture of self-assured proclamations and parenthetical confidences, is fun, and for every reference to glitter, tutus, and sparkle, there are examples of the heroine's rough-and-tumble side (sliding down a banister or pursuing a frog across a stream). Davenier's (Just Like a Baby) luminous and empathic watercolors act like fairy wings on this story. Even though the pictures are predominantly pink, there's nothing pale about Davenier's characterization; Geraldine radiates noblesse oblige, heedless energy, and a sense of destiny she's Eloise crossed with Hillary Clinton. Ages 3 6.
Customer Reviews
the Very Fairy Princess
We purchased the Julie Andrews book, but cannot move the pages. The book keeps on disappearing when we try and move from page 1 to page 2.
Sandi Robinson
Read the description better then I did.
I purchased this book for my daughters thinking it would be great for them to have a read aloud book for when I cannot, but the only audio I found was the begining. This book was adverstised under the "READ ALOUD" section. While it is still a nice book for them, I would not have bought it had I known. The star rating is for the lack of audio and oh, and it crashes.