Princess Penelope's Parrot

by Helen Lester, Lynn Munsinger (Illustrator)

Overview

Spoiled Princess Penelope cannot get her new parrot to talk, even after threatening it and calling it nasty names. But when Prince Percival comes courting, the parrot gets revenge on the greedy princess in a hilarious and fitting conclusion.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780618138456
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/23/2001
Series:	Laugh-Along Lessons Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	736,570
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.12(d)
Lexile:	AD710L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Helen Lester has written many hilarious and popular picture books, including the Tacky the Penguin series and Hooway for Wodney Wat. She lives in New York. www.helenlester.com

Lynn Munsinger has illustrated more than ninety books for children, many written by her frequent collaborator, Helen Lester. She lives in Vermont.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Munsinger's vibrant, expressive watercolors give both bird and human so much vigor and personality it will be hard to keep from laughing out loud." Booklist ALA

Editorial Reviews

"Munsinger's vibrant, expressive watercolors give both bird and human so much vigor and personality it will be hard to keep from laughing out loud." Booklist, ALA —

From the Publisher

It's Penelope's birthday, and decked out in a dress that has "ruffles on its ruffles on its ruffles," the ultra-spoiled princess is naturally getting everything she wants, including mouthfuls of cake, a 16-wheeler bike and jewel-studded roller blades. One gift, however, refuses to fit into Penelope's game plan: a bright green parrot, who is so appalled by its new owner's greediness that it refuses to speak. Penelope fumes at the bird, but the joke is on her: everything she says to it comes back to haunt her at a most inauspicious moment. There may be no one more adroit at wryly depicting childish petulance than Munsinger, while Lester's storytelling calls to mind the dry wit of a Thurber. Shrewdly, author and artist punish Penelope but they do not reform her; they will tickle their readers with their antiheroine's irremediably bad behavior. Ages 4-8. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

PreS-Gr 2When an arrogant princess celebrates her birthday, her favorite gift is a parrot in a gilded cage atop her seven-layer llama's butter birthday cake. The spiteful bird, however, refuses her commands to speak. The princess, who is not used to having her wishes ignored, becomes irate and unleashes a tirade of angry words, but gets her comeuppance when the wealthiest young prince in the land comes to woo her. The parrot, who has been observing in stoney silence, lets loose with all the rude remarks she has directed at him, until the abashed suitor bolts in alarm. The delightfully droll humor is carried out in whimsical watercolor illustrations that capture the snooty personalities and moods of the two young royals.Sally R. Dow, Ossining Public Library, NY

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