The Kite Princess - Hardcover

Juliet Clare Bell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1846868033 ISBN 13: 9781846868030

Publisher: Barefoot Books, 2012

Synopsis

Princess Cinnamon Stitch is a tomboy who has no interest in courtly life. To her parents' dismay, she cartwheels through puddles and dances with flea-ridden cats. Discover how she succeeds in teaching the king and queen that there are more important things in life than decorum and show. Laura-Kate Chapman's eye popping artwork makes this rhythmic text soar.

About this title

About the Author:

about the author: Juliet Clare Bell wrote The Kite Princess while bringing up her young family, working in twenty-minute sessions on park benches or at the swimming pool. Before becoming a mother she worked in research as a developmental psychologist. She now coordinates the central west region of the Society of Childrens' Book Writers and Illustrators and runs critique groups. She lives in Birmingham with her husband and three children. This is her first project with Barefoot Books. This is her first project with Barefoot Books. about the artist: Laura-Kate Chapman enjoys creating unusual and convincing characters by weaving intricate and eccentric patterns into her work. Her art is predominantly hand drawn and painted, using a variety of media. The Kite Princess is her first book. about the narrator: Imelda Staunton is an English actress best known for her roles in the Harry Potter film series (in which she played Professor Umbridge), the TV comedy Up the Garden Path, and the film Vera Drake. As the title character in Vera Drake, Imelda garnered BAFTA and Venice Film Festival awards for best actress in a leading role, and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She has also narrated The Kite Princess for Barefoot Books.

From School Library Journal:

K-Gr 2-Princess Cinnamon Stitch does not like wearing fine clothes, riding through the country with the king and queen, or practicing deportment. One day she takes off her princess garments and escapes to the woods in overalls, where she does cartwheels, climbs trees, and dances with flea-covered cats. As she gets a thorough scrubbing back in the palace, Cinnamon is told, "Princesses don't cartwheel/or clamber up trees!/They don't get all slimy/and never get fleas!/They sing and they sew;/they don't do as they please!" So the princess stitches a beautiful, multicolored kite and floats up into the endless blue sky with the birds. The king and queen look up at their daughter and hear her singing. They long for the same kind of freedom and escape to the sky on their own elaborately made kites. The lighthearted rhyming text is complemented by fanciful, jewel-tone illustrations full of intricate patterns. Instructions for making a kite are included. Pair this tale with Florence Parry Heide's Princess Hyacinth (The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated) (Random, 2009) for girls who can't get enough princess stories.-Mary Jean Smith, formerly at Southside Elementary School, Lebanon, TNα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

About this edition

• Publisher: Barefoot Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1846868033
• ISBN 13: 9781846868030
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Laura-Kate Chapman