Meet the Heroes . . . and the Villains, Too!

by Maggie Testa, Style Guide (Illustrator)

Overview

Learn all about your favorite heroes and baddies in this sweet tabbed board book based on PJ Masks, the hit preschool series airing on Disney Junior!

Are you ready to meet the PJ Masks? Now you can learn all about Catboy, Owlette, and Gekko as well as the baddies they battle—Romeo, Luna Girl, and Night Ninja—in this super terrific tabbed board book that features one hero or villain on each tab.

PJ Masks © Frog Box / Entertainment One UK Limited / Walt Disney EMEA Productions Limited 2014

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481486507
Publisher:	Simon Spotlight
Publication date:	11/08/2016
Series:	PJ Masks Series
Pages:	14
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	AD870L (what's this?)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

A Simon & Schuster author.

Editorial Reviews

2016-11-02
This board book based on Disney's PJ Masks series has only one purpose—to sell the TV show, app, toys, action figures, and even costumes based on the stereotypical characters. Color-coded tabs with a headshot of each character let young fans quickly find their favorite's page. The "heroes" wear bright red, blue, and green, reminiscent of past popular superheroes, while the "villains" all wear darker colors. (Evil Romeo with a stripe of white in his black hair wears a brown lab coat; Luna Girl's outfit is a clingy black tunic and gray leggings; Night Ninja is blue/black all over, and his sidekicks are deep purple.) The heroes' mild exclamations ("Fluttering feathers!") contrast with the villains' threats and name-calling. The heroes' alter egos have talents similar to the animals they mimic. Connor becomes Catboy—quick, with acute hearing; Amaya swoops in as sharp-eyed Owlette; Greg becomes Gekko, who can change colors and has a superstrong grip. The villains' character flaws are spelled out: Romeo wants to rule the world, Luna Girl steals, and Night Ninja suffers from "overconfidence." With the exception of Night Ninja, all characters are light-skinned. As with most battles between good and evil, the bad guys are actually more interesting, which might be why the creators spend so much time trying to convince their young readers that the villains won't win. A pedantic marketing tool. (Board book. 2-4)

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