![]() Clever details (Duff and his goats eat popcorn on the sidelines as they watch the PIB do her thing) and short manageable sentences make for a promising, and sure to be wildly popular, new series debut. Pham's watercolor-and-ink illustrations, rendered in the style of the Disney classics, effectively contrast Magnolia's identities and emphasize the text's humor. ![]() Action, clever humor, delightful illustrations and expectation-defying secret identities-when does the next one come out? -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The authors of "Rapunzel's Revenge" and "Calamity Jack," writing here for a slightly younger audience, successfully turn the treacly princess genre on its ear, offering beginning readers a clever, adventurous, and self-reliant heroine who is equally at home in black or pink. The large print and illustrations expand the book to a longish-yet-manageable length, giving newly independent readers a sense of accomplishment. ![]() ![]() The gently ironic text will amuse readers (including adults reading the book aloud). The rounded, cartoony illustrations featuring chubby characters keep the fight sequence soft and comical. ![]()
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