• I Can Grow It! (Princess Truly)

I Can Grow It!
(Princess Truly)

Author
Kelly Greenawalt
Illustrator
Amariah Rauscher
Publication Date
January 07, 2025
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  K − 1st
I Can Grow It! (Princess Truly)
Description

Princess Truly gardens and has fun with her friends, across three rhyming stories perfect for beginning readers!

You can read with Acorn! Pick a book. Grow a Reader!

This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!

Princess Truly can grow it! Across three stories, Princess Truly and her friends grow a garden, she helps a baby bird learn how to fly, and she plants a magical tree! These funny and empowering short stories promote believing in yourself, building confidence, and having a positive self-image. Perfect for fans of Ada Twist, Scientist, Princess Truly fosters imagination and curiosity.

With full-color artwork and easy-to-read rhyming text throughout, this series is just-right for new readers!

Publication date
January 07, 2025
Classification
Fiction
Page Count
48
ISBN-13
9781338883527
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
Series
Princess Truly
BISAC categories
JUV039140 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
JUV011010 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
JUV043000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Beginner
Library of Congress categories
African Americans
Picture books
Magic
Stories in rhyme
Gardening
Princesses
Helpfulness
African American girls
Helping behavior

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 2--Princess Truly, a girl with brown skin and her hair in two sparkly puffs, and her friends, one with tan skin and curly black hair and the other with lighter skin and light brown pigtails, grow a garden, help a baby bird, and plant a magical tree in three short stories. The text uses simple rhymes for an engaging and smooth experience for beginning readers. Full-color art in spreads and vignettes help further illustrate the target text. The watercolor style is warm, bright, and inviting, with a bit of extra sparkle on the pages where Princess Truly uses her rainbow magic. "A Magic Tree," the final story, inspires the most creative thinking: This will likely be readers' favorite and is the perfect conclusion. Back matter includes a drawing tutorial and a journaling and art prompt related to the magical tree in the third story. VERDICT Recommended for collections where "Princess Truly" and Acorn books are popular, as well as for those hoping to offer diverse magical stories that inspire confidence.--Taylor Skorski

Copyright 2024 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Kelly Greenawalt
KELLY GREENAWALT is a children's book author, wife, and mother of seven living just outside Houston, Texas. Princess Truly was inspired by her daughters, Calista and Kaia, who are smart, spunky, and have magical curls of their own.

AMARIAH RAUSCHER is an artist and illustrator specializing in luminous watercolor illustration. She lives with her husband and children in Illinois, where she enjoys drawing, painting, and bringing Princess Truly's newest journeys to life.

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