Clever. ( )

I loved this book. I flagged it as one of my future-classroom MUST HAVES! It was hilarious and I loved how it showed illustrations as they really are- a work in progress! ( )

This fairytale seems like it might be like your traditional fairytale but throughout the whole story there are twists to it to make it not your traditional fairytale. The author starts off with telling a story about a princess who needs to be rescued, which follows your basic fairytale story. Then we learn that she needs to be rescued from her evil stepfather who makes her bake pies all day long. As you are reading the story the author interrupts the story because we the readers read too fast and Ned the illustrator is not finished illustrating the next page. He uses random things that are next to him, like a pretzel instead of a dragon to finish the story since we the readers read too fast. This is what I meant by twists to the story, I have never read a fairytale story anything like this one. It was very funny, and I did enjoy reading this book. In the end the princess saves the prince and she does so on a snail, not your typical ending to a fairytale. This is a good book to read to students when learning about fairytales and hopefully encourages students if they ever must come up with a story, they think outside the box and aren’t so “traditional”. This is a book I will use in my classroom when learning about fairytales and such. ( )

A story, told from the point of view of the artists. A very sweet, funny, action filled story, that could only encourage a child to turn the next page and keep reading by telling them to stop! The story, of a princess locked in a tower and forced to work while waiting for a prince to save her is turned on it's head and quickly improvised as the artists struggle to keep up. And then there's Trevor, the artist's dog. The princess soon realizes that she's not going to be rescued anytime soon, and... well... deals with it. My only complaint is that the story was so short! Maybe a sequel will follow? (Hint, hint?) ( )

Such. A. CUTE. Book. Seriously. I read it and laughed. It was such an interesting concept. This is a great book to read allowed for any age. ( )