Too Princessy!

by Jean Reidy, Geneviève Leloup (Illustrator)

Overview

TOO CIRCUSY, TOO CLOWNY,
TOO PRINCESSY, TOO CROWNY!

It's a rainy day, but not a single toy in the toy box seems fun enough for our adventuresome little girl. She tries everything from trucks to telescopes, puzzles to pianos, but nothing does the trick until she lets her creative sparks fly. In the spirit of the first two charmers, Too Purpley! and Too Pickley!, Reidy's sprightly text is again beautifully illustrated with Leloup's stylish art. Preschoolers will love to see and say all the games and toys the little girl tries, and adults will appreciate the celebration of imagination that is the best solution of all.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781619631014
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	05/07/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	24 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Jean Reidy is the author of the other two delightful books in this series. She writes from her home in Colorado, where she lives with her husband Mike and their four children.
www.jeanreidy.com

Geneviève Leloup studied art and animation in Belgium where she was born. Her whimsical illustrations have highlighted editorials, paper products, children's furniture, and textiles (including lots of children's clothes), as well as Too Purpley! and Too Pickley!
Jean Reidy is the author of All Through My Town, Too Purpley!, Too Pickley!, and Too Princessy!, among many other books for children. She's been told that a naughty little kid lurks somewhere inside her - and she takes that as a high compliment. She lives with her family in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

www.jeanreidy.com
@JeanReidy
Geneviève Leloup studied art and animation in Belgium where she was born. Her whimsical illustrations have highlighted editorials, paper products, children's furniture, and textiles (including lots of children's clothes), as well as Too Purpley! and Too Pickley!

Editorial Reviews

If there’s one thing boredom is good for, it’s coming up with creative adjectives that end in “Y.” In their third collaboration, Reidy and Leloup introduce a heroine who can’t find an activity that suits her mood. In bright, busy digital spreads, she unpacks toys from a box, but discovers that a puzzle is “too piecey,” a piano is “too plinky,” and riding in a red wagon is “too zoomy.” This high-energy outing sends a clear message: sometimes the simplest toy is the best one. Ages 3–5. Agent: Erin Murphy, Erin Murphy Literary Agency. Illustrator’s agent: Michèle Manasse, New Work Illustration. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly

The superpink cover's a bit of a pink (red) herring for those seeking a princess or anti-princess theme, but this sibling of Too Purpley! (2010) and Too Pickley! (2010) has a field day showcasing one hilariously realistic way that kids reject toys. "I am bored!" announces a pigtailed girl, lying upside down on the floor with an emoticon frown. From there until the penultimate page, the text is made exclusively of rhyming explanations for why this toy and that toy aren't worth her playtime. They're "Too jolly, too jumpy, / too diggy, too dumpy!" (jolly and jumpy are a jack-in-the-box and a wind-up bird on a trampoline, diggy and dumpy are a steam shovel and a dump truck) or "Too goopy, / too gluey, // too Marsy, / too mooey!" (goopy is modeling clay, gluey is collage crafts, Marsy is a telescope and mooey is--natch--a riding cow). What's wrong with a puzzle? "Too piecey." A wagon? "[T]oo zoomy." Bright colors and high visual energy match the quick verse. Listeners will enjoy the scansion; observers will be tickled that as hard as this girl clings to her indefatigable determination to be bored, she's actually having a quite a romp. Leloup slyly shows her relishing most of the toys--albeit briefly--before tossing them aside. Adults won't be surprised at the only object she stamps with approval, and kids will want re-reads. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews