The Princess in Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde (Princess in Black Series #3)

by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Leuyen Pham (Illustrator)

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

The Princess in Black is back to face down a mess of deceptive bunnies, and preferably, to takes care of the problem before brunch. This series continues to delight, and there’s even more to come!

It’s a case of monstrous cuteness as the Princess in Black encounters her biggest challenge yet: a field overrun by adorable bunnies.

Princess Magnolia and her unicorn, Frimplepants, are on their way to have brunch with Princess Sneezewort, an occasion Frimplepants enjoys more than anything in the world. But just when he can smell the freshly baked bread and the heaping platters of sugar-dusted doughnuts, Princess Magnolia’s glitter-stone ring rings. The monster alarm! After a quick change in the secret cave, Princess Magnolia and Frimplepants are transformed into the Princess in Black and her faithful pony, Blacky. But when they get to the goat pasture, all they can see is a field full of darling little bunnies nibbling on grass, twitching their velvet noses, and wiggling their fluffy tails. Where are the monsters? Are these bunnies as innocent as they appear?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763690892
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	12/13/2016
Series:	Princess in Black Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	510L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Shannon and Dean Hale are the award-winning husband-and-wife team behind The Princess in Black, illustrated by LeUyen Pham. Shannon Hale is also the author of the Newbery Honor novel Princess Academy as well as the New York Times best-selling series Ever After High. Shannon and Dean Hale live in Salt Lake City, Utah.

LeUyen Pham is the illustrator of many books for children, including God’s Dream by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Douglas Carlton Abrams and Aunt Mary’s Rose by Douglas Wood, as well as the Freckleface Strawberry books by Julianne Moore. LeUyen Pham lives in California.

Editorial Reviews

Pham’s watercolor-and-ink illustrations add to the humor by playing with the stereotypes the text exposes. It’s also nice to see Blacky’s considerable skills on display. This third series installment is sure to be popular.
—Booklist Online

Well-executed and very funny.
—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2015-11-03
The Princess in Black's cutest adventure yet—no, really, the monsters are deceptively cute. While Princess Magnolia and unicorn Frimplepants are on their way to a much anticipated brunch with Princess Sneezewort, Magnolia's monster alarm goes off, forcing an emergency costume change on her and Frimplepants to become the Princess in Black and her faithful steed, Blacky. They rush to rescue goat boy Duff, hoping to save the day in time for doughnuts. However, when they arrive, instead of monsters they see a field full of adorable bunnies. Pham's illustrations give the bunnies wide-eyed innocence and little puffballs on the tips of their ears. Duff tries to explain that they're menaces from Monster Land that eat everything (all the grass, a tree, a goat's horn…), but the Princess has trouble imagining that monsters might come in such a cute package. By the time she does, there are too many to fight! Humor comes from the juxtaposed danger and adorableness. Just when the bunnies decide to eat the Princess, Blacky—who, as Frimplepants, is fluent in Cuteness—communicates that she's not food and persuades the bunnies to return to Monster Land. While Princess Magnolia and Frimplepants are too late for brunch, Princess Sneezewort gets the consolation prize of lunch with the Princess in Black and Blacky. While not exactly novel, it's well-executed and very funny. (Fantasy. 5-7)

Kirkus Reviews