Princess Pistachio and the Pest (Princess Pistachio #3)
by Marie-Louise Gay (Author) Marie-Louise Gay (Illustrator)
Forced to abandon exciting plans with her friends and take baby Penny to the park, Pistachio is sure her first day of summer holidays will be boring. But keeping Penny out of trouble proves to be more exciting than Pistachio expected It's the first day of the summer holidays and Pistachio Shoelace has big plans. Plans that involve a compass, a cave, and a buried treasure. Plans that do not involve a troublemaking little sister wearing bunny ears and a Superman cape.
Forced to take baby Penny to the park, Pistachio prepares for a dull day. But between fruit thefts, a witch's garden, and an angry park warden with a rulebook, a day with Penny is anything but boring. Marie-Louise Gay's engaging Princess Pistachio returns in her second book for early readers.
Winningly translated from French by Gay's son Jacob Homel and illustrated throughout with Gay's distinctive, brightly-coloured art, Princess Pistachio and the Pest will charm young princesses and Super-Bunnies everywhere.
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Young readers will cheer for her. Long live Princess Pistachio.
School Library Journal
Gr 1-3--It is the first day of summer vacation, and Pistachio has big plans with her friends. There are caverns to explore in the cemetery! But Pistachio's plans are thwarted when her mom tells her she must take her baby sister Penny to the park instead. A grumpy Pistachio and an exuberant Penny, wearing a superman cape and bunny ears, no less, head off to the park--and a series of mishaps happen along the way. This entertaining transitional reader is perfectly suited for children ready to try chapter books. Translated from French, the text is rollicking and descriptive, offering strong vocabulary words such as careens, ecstatic, and flabbergasted. Gay's pen-and-ink illustrations are awash with soft watercolors in blues, purples, and warm yellows, allowing Pistachio's orange hair to pop off the pages. Penny is the perfect complement to Pistachio--full of energy and a daredevil side that keeps her big sister on her toes at all times. VERDICT Fans of other high-spirited girl characters like Junie B. Jones and Clementine will fall in love with Princess Pistachio.--Lisa Kropp, Suffolk Cooperative Library System, Bellport, NY
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