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rlbeatty91's review against another edition
Pixie wants to be a normal kid, but her life is anything but. Her family lives in an acorn-shaped house next to a toilet museum. Her homemade clothes make her stand out in a crowd. Instead of a normal pet, like a dog, Pixie has a pet goose. And...she writes poems like Mother Goose. When Pixie learns that she is a descendant of Mother Goose--a Goose Lady--she tries to stop rhyming. But the evil Raveneece's plans to steal Pixie's goose and kidnap Pixie herself can only be stopped when Pixie decides to use her magical powers of rhyme.
This is a light, fun read for ages 8-12, and has a little something for everyone: friendship, animals, magic and fantasy, writing and rhyming, wicked witches and trouble at school.
This is a light, fun read for ages 8-12, and has a little something for everyone: friendship, animals, magic and fantasy, writing and rhyming, wicked witches and trouble at school.
bel017's review against another edition
4.0
I read this to see if it was appropriate for my nine-year-old. I just meant to read the first chapter, but then I wanted to find out what happened.
Things parents might like to know:
There's a toilet museum so there are some toilet jokes.
Sage, who is a bit of a bully--it is implied due to a bad home life--phones Pixie to ask her if she 'like likes' Gray, (Pixie's male best friend), Pixie things she's teasing but it turns out that Sage 'like likes' Gray.
A boy throws a ball at Pixie's face, because Sage tells him Pixie can stop it with her mind.
Pixie and Gray go into the woods alone at night (to search for something they don't find).
The villain lures Pixie down a hole in the ground and she's almost trapped there.
The villain is one dimensionally bad. When Pixie stops her (in self-defense) she shatters into many pieces (Pixie only meant to stop her, not to kill her).
Pixie ends up telling her parents everything about her secret destiny and her interaction with the villain.
Pixie helps Sage with her work, even though she knows Sage will get all the credit (which she does).
As far as I can tell, all the kids are white and able-bodied. Other than a couple of conversations about 'like liking' someone of the opposite gender there is no discussion of gender/sexuality. There is positive portrayal of an aged care facility.
It's reasonably fast paced, the child-friendships seem realistic, the villain seems pretty easy to compartmentalise. I particularly enjoyed that Pixie had such a good relationship with her parents - in a sea of books about orphans/absent parents, it was lovely to see a good family and the kids having adventures whilst having a stable home life.
I would recommend for 8-13.
Things parents might like to know:
Spoiler
There's a toilet museum so there are some toilet jokes.
Sage, who is a bit of a bully--it is implied due to a bad home life--phones Pixie to ask her if she 'like likes' Gray, (Pixie's male best friend), Pixie things she's teasing but it turns out that Sage 'like likes' Gray.
A boy throws a ball at Pixie's face, because Sage tells him Pixie can stop it with her mind.
Pixie and Gray go into the woods alone at night (to search for something they don't find).
The villain lures Pixie down a hole in the ground and she's almost trapped there.
The villain is one dimensionally bad. When Pixie stops her (in self-defense) she shatters into many pieces (Pixie only meant to stop her, not to kill her).
Pixie ends up telling her parents everything about her secret destiny and her interaction with the villain.
Pixie helps Sage with her work, even though she knows Sage will get all the credit (which she does).
As far as I can tell, all the kids are white and able-bodied. Other than a couple of conversations about 'like liking' someone of the opposite gender there is no discussion of gender/sexuality. There is positive portrayal of an aged care facility.
It's reasonably fast paced, the child-friendships seem realistic, the villain seems pretty easy to compartmentalise. I particularly enjoyed that Pixie had such a good relationship with her parents - in a sea of books about orphans/absent parents, it was lovely to see a good family and the kids having adventures whilst having a stable home life.
I would recommend for 8-13.
hmfogel's review against another edition
4.0
Thanks to Edelweiss and HarperCollins/Greenwillow for the ARC! This book took me a little while to warm up to (as it took Pixie a little while to accept her heritage), but the real-world family and friendship dynamics melded together so well with the twist on nursery rhymes in the tradition of other fractured fairy tales that I couldn't help but be drawn in. Already can't wait for the second book in this duology!
libscote's review against another edition
3.0
Pixie Piper is in 5th grade, and although she loves poetry, she's starting to think that maybe it isn't super cool. While at a Renaissance Fair with her family, a woman gives her a fortune about her life saying that she is a "goose girl" and is destined to rhyme. She is not happy with it. Her mother tells her later that night that they are descendants of Mother Goose. Pixie refuses to believe it, but things start happening that make her think it might be true. This book also deals with changing friendships as puberty begins, as well as a slightly mean girl. There is also a toilet museum for slight potty humor.
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