Princess Peepers

by Pam Calvert, Tuesday Mourning (Illustrator)

Overview

Princess Peepers loves wearing her glasses—until the other princesses at school make fun of her. What can Princess Peepers do? Take off her glasses! But that leads the princess into all kinds of trouble.

Can she prove she doesn’t need her glasses and get to the ball in time to dance with the prince? Find out in this hilarious story, as Princess Peepers changes the rules of cool around the castle!

Tuesday Mourning’s vibrant illustrations using mixed media add to the fun in this quirky read-aloud about fitting in.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761459897
Publisher:	Amazon Publishing
Publication date:	01/05/2012
Pages:	38
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	AD530L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Author Pam Calvert has been writing books and stories for children for over ten years. She likes to write fairytales, math adventures, middle grade novels, and multicultural stories—all with a humorous twist. Her most beloved book is entitled Princess Peepers and was inspired by her own zany mishaps when she wouldn’t wear her glasses growing up. Pam Calvert lives in Montgomery, Texas.

Illustrator Tuesday Mourning lives in South Pasadena, California. Tuesday has illustrated the covers of over twenty chapter books as well as four children’s picture books including the acclaimed Princess Peepers books by Pam Calvert and the popular rhyming story, Billy Milly, Short and Silly by Eve Feldman.

Editorial Reviews

A sure hit with fans of Fancy Nancy and Pinkalicious.” —Children’s Literature

“…The story feels fresh throughout—no easy feat for a princess book.” —Horn Book Guide

“Calvert’s tale of a bespectacled princess’s rocky road to self-acceptance is rollicking good fun…[The] mishaps are appropriately silly and lighthearted, [but] they do not conceal the compelling message that being true to one’s self paves the road to happiness. Mourning’s mixed-media illustrations of graphite and digital/collage present an intriguing blend of texture and color. Readers are bound to relish the interplay between what the text describes and the reality of the illustrations as Princess Peepers stumbles about sans specs. The ironic denouement is bound to please princess fans and their practical parents alike.” —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

Princess Peepers adores her glasses, but after her peers razz her about them, she tries (futilely) to function specs-free; Mourning's visuals, heavy with purples and pinks, deliver the slapstick. Peepers reconsiders her specs for a less than practical reason (the prince wears them, too), but the story feels fresh throughout—no easy feat for a princess book.

Horn Book Guide

K-Gr 3

Princess Peepers has always been secure in who she is, and is especially fond of her collection of fabulous eyeglasses. That is until she enters the Royal Academy for Perfect Princesses. The other royals make fun of her specs, causing her to pack them all away so she can be like everyone else. This leads to all sorts of mistakes: she misidentifies spaghetti as mud and string, the kitchen as the dungeon, animals as people, and a visiting prince as a horse. Luckily, a happy ending is in store for the hapless young woman as she and Prince Peerless, who is not wearing his glasses either, soon see that they are made for each other. Mourning's graphite and digital/collage illustrations combine figures in traditional costumes from different eras with lush backgrounds. The palette of pinks keeps the emphasis on sweet, even when some of the characters are not. Princess Peepers will circulate well and bring laughs during storytimes.-Susan E. Murray, Glendale Public Library, AZ

School Library Journal

Calvert's tale of a bespectacled princess's rocky road to self-acceptance is rollicking good fun. Princess Peepers adores her plethora of eyewear, with what seems to be a pair of glasses for every occasion. However, when she attends the Royal Academy she is astonished to discover her spectacles are far from au courant. In a misguided attempt to satisfy others' expectations and fit in, she doffs her lenses. While the ensuing mishaps are appropriately silly and lighthearted, they do not conceal the compelling message that being true to one's self paves the road to happiness. Mourning's mixed-media illustrations of graphite and digital/collage present an intriguing blend of texture and color. Readers are bound to relish the interplay between what the text describes and the reality of the illustrations as Princess Peepers stumbles about sans specs. The ironic denouement is bound to please princess fans and their practical parents alike. (Picture book. 5-9)

Kirkus Reviews