The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party (Princess in Black Series #2)

by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Leuyen Pham (Illustrator)

Overview

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The rogue princess is back, and it’s her birthday! But of course, she has to take care of some monsters before she can allow the world to celebrate her princess-y self. All the laughs the series set up in book one come back in this charming sequel.

Inconvenient monster alarms, a sparkly array of princess guests, and spot-on slapstick pacing make for a party readers will celebrate.

Today is Princess Magnolia’s birthday party, and she wants everything to be perfect. But just as her guests are arriving . . . Brring! Brring! The monster alarm! Princess Magnolia runs to the broom closet, ditches her frilly clothes, and becomes the Princess in Black! She rushes to the goat pasture, defeats the monster, and returns to the castle before her guests discover her secret. But every time Princess Magnolia is about to open her presents, the monster alarm rings again. And every time she rushes back—an inside-out dress here, a missing shoe there—it gets harder to keep the other princesses from being suspicious. Don’t those monsters understand that now is not a good time for an attack?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763687588
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	04/12/2016
Series:	Princess in Black Series
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	29,507
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	500L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

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Editorial Reviews

Princess and adventure fans alike will clamor for an invite to this not-so-perfect but oh-so-entertaining party.
—School Library Journal

Keeping the world safe from monsters is a daunting task. And only the PIB can accomplish this while throwing the perfect party! Expect high demand.
—Booklist

A lively cohort between the ages of 5 and 9 will rejoice to learn that their favorite royal monster-vanquisher has returned, in Shannon Hale and Dean Hale’s The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party.
—The Wall Street Journal

The stories are filled with humor and action, and they show that girls, even girly-girls, can also fight crime and be heroes.
—Examiner.com

Girls who loved the Pinkalicious series (HarperCollins) should find this chapter book easy on the eye and paced for the average reader.
—School Library Connection

From the Publisher

2015-06-29
Princess Magnolia's perfect birthday party's threatened by constant monster alarms, summoning her secret identity again and again. Prim, proper Princess Magnolia is all decked out in her pink finery, awaiting the arrival of a dozen ethnically diverse fellow-princess party guests for her birthday when her monster-alarm ring goes off. She changes attire and personas, becoming the heroic Princess in Black. Working swiftly, she saves a goat from a hungry monster and gets back to her palace in time to welcome her guests. But just when she thinks she's in the clear and ready to open her presents, off goes her monster-alarm ring again! This pattern—Magnolia is just about to open presents when her alarm goes off, she comes up with a distraction for the princesses, defeats a monster, and returns just in time—continues through the book. It's enhanced by visual gags, such as Magnolia's increasingly flustered appearance, and hilarious depictions of the various ways monsters try to eat goats, from between giant pieces of bread to in a giant ice cream cone. A side character, the fittingly named Princess Sneezewort, frequently comes close to discovering Magnolia's secret. In the end, Magnolia can't take the constant interruptions anymore, yelling at a monster that it's her birthday—the monster, abashed, ends up helping her in one last distraction for the other princesses. A chuckle-inducing, entirely worthy stand-alone follow-up to the terrific The Princess in Black (2014). (Fantasy. 5-7)

Kirkus Reviews