Lester, Helen Princess
Penelope’s Parrot, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. PICTURE BOOK.
Houghton Mifflin, 2013. $9. Content: G.
Princess Penelope is greedy and rude.
When she receives a beautiful parrot for her birthday, she tries to use
force and angry words to get it to say what she wants. When Prince Percival stops by, the parrot
lets loose with all of the unkind words he learned from Penelope, driving the
prince away.
While the set up is really
good, this one lets things down right at the end. While Penelope’s comeuppance is well
detailed, whether she actually changes her ways or not is really not covered.
EL (K-3) – ADVISABLE. Cindy, Library
Teacher
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