Description
"'Robin? Robin? Robin?! Where are you?' She couldn't have gone far... Right? Princesses don't run away to have their own adventures. Princesses stay quietly and obediently at home. They would never want mermaids and swamps and pirates and getting kidnapped to be a part of their lives. Not this princess! Adventures await when Robin (bored of princess-ing all the time) embarks on the best adventure of her life--meeting friends along the way as she travels through the magical landscape of her country. But her parents aren't so pleased--and they're coming to find her and bring her back to the castle, no matter how she feels about it!"--Provided by publisher.
Publication
Random House Graphic (2020), Edition: Illustrated, 272 pages
User reviews
LibraryThing member villemezbrown
The weird tone of this book won me over. It collects three adventures of Princess Robin of Seddenga (Rouge in the original French) as she deals with kidnappers, a witch, and pirates. It seems like it should be pretty standard kid stuff, but the tales unfold in a goofy, seat-of-the-pants manner and
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occasionally stop to invite readers to solve an activities page puzzle or move the book in a particular way. Quirkiness abounds: the moai statues of Easter Island show up and talk; the pirates, for no explained reason, sail on a full-sized ship in a bottle; King Croesus and the Gingerbread House make appearances. It's all odd, but enjoyable. Show Less
LibraryThing member clrichm
Honestly not sure what to make of this one. I mean, it's lovely in its cheery bright colorfulness, but it's also Monty Python opening levels of weird and surreal. Early on, when the queen discovers her daughter has run off to visit a water carnival (which, by the way, is less about boats and more
The interactivity of the book is interesting, though. Goes over well in picture books, but I'm not sure some of that will translate to independent reading.
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about men in bathtub balloons and fish flying through the air in flocks), the queen just...flies off to find her. Since no other characters had demonstrated the ability to FLY before that, I was rather caught by surprise.The interactivity of the book is interesting, though. Goes over well in picture books, but I'm not sure some of that will translate to independent reading.
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Awards
Prix Albertine Jeunesse (Shortlist — 2024)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Younger Readers — 2020)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
8 inches
ISBN
0593118405 / 9780593118405