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mehsi's review against another edition
5.0
How could I resist this book when I saw it? A princess? Auto racing? A cover that promised some awesome illustrations.
I just love princess stories, heck, even my blog name is Twirling Book Princess (though that mostly has to do with my fiance). I was definitely interested in seeing how a princess + auto racing would come together and fit together.
From the first page I was hooked. I mean come on, her pit stop team was a caterpillar (Alice in Wonderland?), a fairy Godmother, a dwarf, a hare, and a pig. It was fun that the book didn't start with the start of the race instead taking us much further into the race, having the princess at the last place. Oh my!
It was so much fun seeing her pass all kinds of fairy tales, with a rainbow tail to have people remember her. The author did a terrific job on making the story engaging, fun, and hilarious. Though sure, I have to say at times it was a tiny bit repetitive, but generally I was curious to see what she would pass next and what kind of text (and imagery) would accompany it.
I loved that there were appearances from other fairy tales. Humpty Dumpty, Three Bears, Wizard of Oz, Withes from Hansel and Gretel, and many many others. They are all in this race and they are all in it to win it. I hadn't expected them to actually be part of the race, oh no, I actually thought our princess would just race past their respective countries/stories. I am glad that the author decided to make them competitors in the same race.
We already knew this was inspired on Indiana 500 (or something like that), but the ending was even more like that. Normally, I wouldn't know this as I don't want that stuff (I love the cars and the idea of fast cars, but not the races as they get boring fast), but my father in law watched quite a bit of it during our vacation. :P
The art is just fabulous, it is dynamic, fun, and the artist just captures the motion and fastness of the cars perfectly. Plus I just adore the style.
All in all, a terrific book that I would highly recommend if you are looking for a princess story with something different from the normal ones, no glitter here, just grit and awesome driving.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I just love princess stories, heck, even my blog name is Twirling Book Princess (though that mostly has to do with my fiance). I was definitely interested in seeing how a princess + auto racing would come together and fit together.
From the first page I was hooked. I mean come on, her pit stop team was a caterpillar (Alice in Wonderland?), a fairy Godmother, a dwarf, a hare, and a pig. It was fun that the book didn't start with the start of the race instead taking us much further into the race, having the princess at the last place. Oh my!
It was so much fun seeing her pass all kinds of fairy tales, with a rainbow tail to have people remember her. The author did a terrific job on making the story engaging, fun, and hilarious. Though sure, I have to say at times it was a tiny bit repetitive, but generally I was curious to see what she would pass next and what kind of text (and imagery) would accompany it.
I loved that there were appearances from other fairy tales. Humpty Dumpty, Three Bears, Wizard of Oz, Withes from Hansel and Gretel, and many many others. They are all in this race and they are all in it to win it. I hadn't expected them to actually be part of the race, oh no, I actually thought our princess would just race past their respective countries/stories. I am glad that the author decided to make them competitors in the same race.
We already knew this was inspired on Indiana 500 (or something like that), but the ending was even more like that. Normally, I wouldn't know this as I don't want that stuff (I love the cars and the idea of fast cars, but not the races as they get boring fast), but my father in law watched quite a bit of it during our vacation. :P
The art is just fabulous, it is dynamic, fun, and the artist just captures the motion and fastness of the cars perfectly. Plus I just adore the style.
All in all, a terrific book that I would highly recommend if you are looking for a princess story with something different from the normal ones, no glitter here, just grit and awesome driving.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
sonshinelibrarian's review against another edition
4.25
Honestly, this entire book hinges on all of the racing fairy tale characters from every fairy tale you can imagine and it's really funny. I want to read it again more slowly to take in all of the illustrations and puns. The 24 blackbirds in a pie car was brilliant. Not much substance but a lot of fun
lacestow7's review
5.0
This was such a fun book about never giving up! There are so many other fairytale creatures in this story that the princess is racing against, and it makes the book even more fun! My daughter loved it, and loved pointing out all of the fairytales! This was a great read!
jmitschke's review against another edition
4.0
Delightful art (I love Dan Santat sooooo much!) and a cute girl-powerish rhyming story involving a race car driving princess who beats out other famous fairy tale characters in a race.
judyapneeb's review against another edition
The fairy-tale version of the Wachowski's Speed Racer.
I love it.
I love it.
cimorene1558's review against another edition
2.0
Seems cute but kind of pointless. I'm all for princesses being race car drivers, don't get me wrong, but I guess I was expecting a point, or a snappy conclusion or something, and there doesn't seem to be one.
sarahcvo's review against another edition
2.0
Cute idea, but there was no plot, just the princess driving her race car past all the fairy-tale / nursery rhyme characters. Santat's illustrations are the best part of this.
maidenlorraine's review against another edition
2.0
This was terrible. The only reason I'm giving an extra star is because the illustrations are very good. The story is nonexistent. A princess is in last place on the last lap and her pit stop crew tell her she should just give up! But she says no and passes everybody, why didn't see do that before if she could? It makes a TON of fairy tale references that are just pandering and makes you think it's telling an enlightened 2019 story about how girls can do anything they set their mind to. But it's wrong and it's dumb and I hate it.