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Princess Hyacinth: The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated by Florence Parry Heide, Lane Smith
kristenremenar's review against another edition
4.0
I love Florence Parry Heide's writing! Princess Hyacinth's problem with floating is never solved, but at least she finds a way to enjoy the outdoors without being weighed down all the time with her heavy crown and socks with diamond pebbles sewn in to help keep her grounded. I love her in her bathing suit wearing a seat belt that attaches her to a bench by the window so she can see the other kids swimming.
librariandest's review against another edition
4.0
Lane Smith is one of my favorite illustrators. His work is so fun, and really shines alongside Heide's silly, witty text. Recommended for princesses, kite fliers, and anyone with uncommon abilities.
missprint_'s review against another edition
3.0
Strange but also cute. Lane Smith's illustrations are as top notch as ever.
celticrockgirl's review against another edition
5.0
This is one of the most adorable kids books I've read in a long while! I just grabbed it at the library quick because of the title and it was a great read, even again and again! I am going to buy it for myself it's so cute.
readingthroughtheages's review against another edition
3.0
Silly story, that will no doubt have some young readers laughing out loud. Poor Princess Hyacinth, all she wants to do is play like all the other kids, but she can't. She'll float away. Good thing she meets a friend who happens a to have a solution.
leslie_d's review against another edition
3.0
The text is big and colorful, the images minimal to the text, not trying to compete but rather accompany its exuberance with an understated presence--a punctuation mark to every facing page of the story. Even still, text and illustration alternate organically as prelude to the other.
The soft tones and textures and the absence of prissiness in the neither pretty nor ugly Princess denotes a strange normalcy considering this is a fairy tale--isn't it? Like a good fairy tale, the reader/listener should relate to the points of familiarity: the desire to live life untethered and to indulge in explore the near limitless potential with which we are born.
The soft tones and textures and the absence of prissiness in the neither pretty nor ugly Princess denotes a strange normalcy considering this is a fairy tale--isn't it? Like a good fairy tale, the reader/listener should relate to the points of familiarity: the desire to live life untethered and to indulge in explore the near limitless potential with which we are born.
calistareads's review against another edition
3.0
Cute. Yet, I think I prefer the original 'The Light Princess' better. This is a shorter different take.
The art is lovely. One thing I do love is how the princess did find a way to get her freedom. I think she should have started with a string on, but she was bold and simply soared into the heavens with faith in a windy day to get the kite up.
Sadly, she never was able to stop floating the book says. In the light princess, once she cried, she became normal. The kids were interested in this and they thought this was a fun story idea.
The art is lovely. One thing I do love is how the princess did find a way to get her freedom. I think she should have started with a string on, but she was bold and simply soared into the heavens with faith in a windy day to get the kite up.
Sadly, she never was able to stop floating the book says. In the light princess, once she cried, she became normal. The kids were interested in this and they thought this was a fun story idea.
bookittome's review against another edition
4.0
Princess Hyacinth isn’t your normal princess. She floats. And that’s not a metaphor for her delicate manner of walking lady-like, she literally floats in the air. The only solution is for the king and queen to weigh her down with a heavy crown and jewels. But she wants to fly, and a new friendship will help do so.
A collaboration of two big names in the children’s literature world, Princess Hyacinth is a visual delight. Lane Smith’s illustrations are usually bright and loud, all over the page. Here they’re watercolors, more restrained and delicate. The story’s words are art themselves, when Princess Hyacinth floats up, so do they. The visual play with words continues as the princess careens across the sky.
The ending is great. I love when a children’s book steps outside of the realm of neatly tying up things, it sparks imagination in children and in this dreamy fairy tale, it’s perfect.
This review originally published on BriMeetsBooks.com
A collaboration of two big names in the children’s literature world, Princess Hyacinth is a visual delight. Lane Smith’s illustrations are usually bright and loud, all over the page. Here they’re watercolors, more restrained and delicate. The story’s words are art themselves, when Princess Hyacinth floats up, so do they. The visual play with words continues as the princess careens across the sky.
The ending is great. I love when a children’s book steps outside of the realm of neatly tying up things, it sparks imagination in children and in this dreamy fairy tale, it’s perfect.
This review originally published on BriMeetsBooks.com