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zapkode's review
5.0
{My thoughts} – I am and have always been a huge fan of all things fairy tales. So of course I am very excited to be able to read and review this specific book for Scholastic!
Kara and Zed are your average kids in the Kingdom. Zed has a job as a royal messenger and he gets a letter from the Ice Princess that he is meant to deliver. He isn’t able to deliver though and his friend Kara sees that the seal is broken and decides to read it. Once she reads it she learns that the Ice Princess is in trouble because her magic mirror is broken. Without her magic mirror working she isn’t able to start winter and put an end to summer.
Kara decides that her and Zed should go on adventure. She decides that they should go to the Ice Palace and offer to try and help the Ice Princess. They are two kids that have no idea what they are doing and most importantly do not know how to fix a magic mirror. When they get there they aren’t exactly welcomed with open arms, but the Ice Princess does decide to give them a chance since everyone else has ignored all her pleas for help.
I really enjoyed this book. It isn’t typical as to what you’d think when you hear magic mirror. It is however, typical in all other things of the story. I like that it is a lesson about learning to get a long and share. I think that every child that reads this book can learn how important those things are. I also think that it was a fun story that helps to show children, that even though they might not know how to do something, it doesn’t hurt to try something new either.
I look forward to reading more books in this series as they are released.
Kara and Zed are your average kids in the Kingdom. Zed has a job as a royal messenger and he gets a letter from the Ice Princess that he is meant to deliver. He isn’t able to deliver though and his friend Kara sees that the seal is broken and decides to read it. Once she reads it she learns that the Ice Princess is in trouble because her magic mirror is broken. Without her magic mirror working she isn’t able to start winter and put an end to summer.
Kara decides that her and Zed should go on adventure. She decides that they should go to the Ice Palace and offer to try and help the Ice Princess. They are two kids that have no idea what they are doing and most importantly do not know how to fix a magic mirror. When they get there they aren’t exactly welcomed with open arms, but the Ice Princess does decide to give them a chance since everyone else has ignored all her pleas for help.
I really enjoyed this book. It isn’t typical as to what you’d think when you hear magic mirror. It is however, typical in all other things of the story. I like that it is a lesson about learning to get a long and share. I think that every child that reads this book can learn how important those things are. I also think that it was a fun story that helps to show children, that even though they might not know how to do something, it doesn’t hurt to try something new either.
I look forward to reading more books in this series as they are released.
bonnysweetrobin's review
4.0
Easy to read, fun adventure/mystery chapter book for young readers. Good for fans of Princess Pulvarizer and Princess in Black.
(I kinda wanna cosplay as the Princesses with a friend, but that would probably be way too obscure.)
(I kinda wanna cosplay as the Princesses with a friend, but that would probably be way too obscure.)
kateteaching7and8's review
4.0
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Thank you to @scholasticinc and @anna.staniszewski for sharing this review copy with #KidLitExchange. All opinions are my own. The Magic Mirror (Once Upon a Fairy Tale #1) will hit shelves on September 3, 2019. Pre-order your copy today!
After reading an urgent letter from Aspen, the ice princess, Kara and Zed set off an adventure to help fix Aspen's broken mirror. Without the mirror, Aspen is unable to call on the clouds and bring winter back to the kingdom. Kara, Zed, and his crow, Rooster, must work together to figure out what happened to the mirror and how to fix it.
This book is the first in a series and is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches. The book has an engaging story and fairly short chapters making it the perfect bedtime read or a great book to start encouraging individual reading and/or reading the book aloud together. The characters are cute and unique. I like the focus on friendship and sisterhood. It contains important lessons about forgiving others and sharing, but presents them in an approachable and fun way. I liked the elements of mystery and that you got to follow Kara and Zed while they collected the clues and solved the mystery. The teacher in me also loves that it ends with some comprehension and critical thinking questions for the reader to answer/discuss as well as a fun drawing activity. The book also includes fun and beautiful illustrations by Macky Pamintuan that are sure to draw in and spark the imaginations of younger readers.
Thank you to @scholasticinc and @anna.staniszewski for sharing this review copy with #KidLitExchange. All opinions are my own. The Magic Mirror (Once Upon a Fairy Tale #1) will hit shelves on September 3, 2019. Pre-order your copy today!
After reading an urgent letter from Aspen, the ice princess, Kara and Zed set off an adventure to help fix Aspen's broken mirror. Without the mirror, Aspen is unable to call on the clouds and bring winter back to the kingdom. Kara, Zed, and his crow, Rooster, must work together to figure out what happened to the mirror and how to fix it.
This book is the first in a series and is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches. The book has an engaging story and fairly short chapters making it the perfect bedtime read or a great book to start encouraging individual reading and/or reading the book aloud together. The characters are cute and unique. I like the focus on friendship and sisterhood. It contains important lessons about forgiving others and sharing, but presents them in an approachable and fun way. I liked the elements of mystery and that you got to follow Kara and Zed while they collected the clues and solved the mystery. The teacher in me also loves that it ends with some comprehension and critical thinking questions for the reader to answer/discuss as well as a fun drawing activity. The book also includes fun and beautiful illustrations by Macky Pamintuan that are sure to draw in and spark the imaginations of younger readers.
kcbooks's review
5.0
When I ordered this for my library at school, I thought it looked so cute, I just had to read it. And I loved it! Such a good book for young readers. Full of all the fantasy world. Princesses, trolls, magic and a little mystery. A good one for early readers to enjoy!
kenna_ainjo's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.5
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