We’ve read some fabulous books from Parragon. POD is still loving The Nutcracker from A Treasury of Christmas Stories and Songs. The tale and the imagery is truly wonderful though so who can blame her!
Glitterbelle The Sparkliest Princess Ever! tells the story of a Princess who lives with her parents, the King and Queen, in a palace at the top of a hill. Along with their dog Bob. Anything sparkly, shimmery or purple is favoured by Glitterbelle. She also loves animals, playing with her friends and climbing trees! She’s not your average kind of Princess.
But she hates peas even though they owe their kingdom to the squishy green vegetable.
King Alfie even has the famous pea that got Glitterbelle’s great-great-great-great grandpapa and great-great-great-great grandmamma together. She had had a terrible night’s sleep because she felt a tiny pea underneath her mattress. It proved she was a real Princess though so they married and lived happily ever after.
Glitterbelle’s best friends, Dazzlina and Angel don’t understand why she doesn’t like peas. Dazzlina is a witch and likens the green to her favourite things – frogs, grasshoppers and Kat’s eyes. Ballerina Angel agrees they’re small, sweet and round just like the bun in her hair and green like her gecko, George.
After turning the peas into popcorn, the threesome raced around the gardens on their scooters before climbing a nearby tree.
Glitterbelle told her chums she wanted to be a vet and look after poorly animals. She was convinced she wasn’t a real Princess and even kissed a frog to prove it wouldn’t turn into a handsome prince.
Queen Lizzie was so concerned, that evening she left a pea under Glitterbelle’s mattress in an effort to prove she really was a Princess. It worked. She barely slept a wink and woke up all achey.
They had a party to celebrate. Dazzlina and Angel were invited, quickly spotting the not so secret ingredient – peas! To her surprise, Glitterbelle found the pea-green cake to be delicious.
Glitterbelle The Sparkliest Princess Ever! is written by Rachael Duckett and illustrated by Harriet Muncaster. It’s a great read and the story has a fantastic feel good feel to it. POD always enjoys the story and picking out what’s in each picture. She finds it highly entertaining too especially the pea cake – apparently you shouldn’t put peas in cakes! Definitely a must read. You can purchase it from Amazon here.
I love the illustrations in this book and the fact that they are predominantly purple and not pink!
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We adore Parragon books in this house and this would definitely be no exception, brilliant review. Thanks for sharing with #readwithme x