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My Little Pink Princess Purse

Name: My Little Pink Princess Purse
Author: Stephen T. Johnson
ISBN: 9781416979791

by Stephen T. Johnson

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Overview

A Gift Book of magical wonders.

An Interactive Story with counting, shapes and colors.

A Dress up Fantasy of royal proportions.

An Empowering and Beautiful Message for girls everywhere.

From bestselling author Stephen T. Johnson, MY LITTLE PINK PRINCESS PURSE is a gift novelty book that includes an empowering and beautiful message from the fairy godmother: “My dearest Princess, with this key, you may open this vanity box. Inside you will find a magic mirror. Only a true princess who is filled with grace, humility, intelligence, self-confidence, and imagination will be able to see her reflection. Use it wisely! With love, your Fairy Godmother.”

Included are 6 lift-up tabs, an erasable writing slab, a removable quill pen, an elegant fan, rose-colored glasses, 4 scratch-and-sniff perfumes, 5 rings, a bracelet, a sapphire tiara, a key and handheld mirror. This multiconcept book brings to life a world of imaginative, educational, and dress-up fun for princesses everywhere!

Synopsis

A Gift Book of magical wonders.
An Interactive Story with counting, shapes and colors.
A Dress up Fantasy of royal proportions.
An Empowering and Beautiful Message for girls everywhere.

From bestselling author Stephen T. Johnson, MY LITTLE PINK PRINCESS PURSE is a gift novelty book that includes an empowering and beautiful message from the fairy godmother: “My dearest Princess, with this key, you may open this vanity box. Inside you will find a magic mirror. Only a true princess who is filled with grace, humility, intelligence, self-confidence, and imagination will be able to see her reflection. Use it wisely! With love, your Fairy Godmother.”

Included are 6 lift-up tabs, an erasable writing slab, a removable quill pen, an elegant fan, rose-colored glasses, 4 scratch-and-sniff perfumes, 5 rings, a bracelet, a sapphire tiara, a key and handheld mirror. This multiconcept book brings to life a world of imaginative, educational, and dress-up fun for princesses everywhere!

About the Author, Stephen T. Johnson

Stephen T. Johnson is the creator of such well-known children's books as the Publishers Weekly bestseller My Little Red Toolbox, the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award winner My Little Yellow Taxi, and the Caldecott Honor, New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year Alphabet City and the New York Times Best Illustrated and ALA Notable Book A is for Art.

His drawings and paintings are in numerous private and permanent collections, including the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Solo exhibitions of his work have been featured at the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, New York; the Katonah Museum of Art, New York; and the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas. Among his public art is a mosaic mural at the DeKalb Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, New York, and a 70-foot mural planned for 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Johnson and his family make their home in Lawrence, Kansas. Visit him at www.stephenjohnsonstudio.com/.

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Editorials

Publishers Weekly

Before going to the ball, a princess must pack her purse. The princess's first-person narrative invites readers to play along by removing cardboard objects, then placing them into Velcro or ribbon-tied pouches. First, her quill pen (the "ink" can be tested on an erasable slate); next, her rose-tinted cat-eye sunglasses and fan, scratch-and-sniff perfume bottles, rings, and tiara. A final surprise encourages modeling the princess's attire, while recurring requests to count shapes on each spread yield yet another interactive level. Ages 4–8. (Oct.)

Children's Literature - Eleanor Heldrich

This is a very large and cumbersome book (three and a half pounds) that contains seven illustrations of elaborate evening purses. All but the pink purse on the cover can be opened to add or retrieve something from inside. On the inside pages, opposite the purses, an interesting assortment of cardboard purse accessories can be pulled from the heavy cardboard pages. The very first purse contains an invitation to attend "the Royal Springtime Ball, which will begin promptly at three o'clock in the afternoon this Saturday. It will be held in the flowering Royal Gardens." The next purse is yellow with a large purple gemstone, and on the opposite page there is a large cardboard feather pen, which will write on the built-in pad inside the yellow purse. A clear plastic sheet can be raised to remove the writing. Other purse fillers are four bottles of scratch-and-sniff perfume, five thick cardboard rings and a cardboard diamond bracelet, a pair of sunglasses and a fan, a tiara and a golden key. There is a hitch to all of these treasures however. Most of the heavy cardboard playthings will have to be helped out of the book with a screwdriver. Reviewer: Eleanor Heldrich