The Very Little Princess: Rose’s Story is the sweetest little princess story!  What little girl doesn’t secretly wish she is a princess…or wish that her dolls are real and can talk to her!  Of course, Rose doesn’t actually wish that—this little princess isn’t a sweet and loving doll come to life to help Rose!  Instead, ‘Princess Regina’ is all thorns and prickles, but Rose loves her!  They have all sorts of sweet adventures together such as dancing in the moonlight, exploring the woods, and even window shopping!  There are times when Rose and the princess don’t see eye to eye (well, often, actually) and there are times when Rose becomes forgetful and leaves the princess lying in different places all alone, but they are always reunited.  Rose learns some wonderful lessons along the way, and even at the end of this story, we know it’s not really The End!  This story is sweet and the pictures are lovely.  It’s perfect for any little girl who loves stories about talking dolls and princesses

This book was sent to Compass Book Ratings for review by Random House Children’s Books

Content Analysis:

There is some slightly crude language: a character talks about her behind being sore after a long car ride (and is ashamed after she says the word), and a character says she has a ‘dog turd’ in her pocket.  There is also some name calling—a character is upset at two others who are mean to her, so she calls them ‘Dumb’ and ‘Meanie’.  Also, a character is woken up and it says there followed ‘a string of what were obviously meant to be swear words’ (even though no actual words were mentioned).  One character is grumpy and bossy much of the time.

There is no violence, no sexual content, and no mature themes.  This is a lovely story to read aloud with your ‘princess’ or to hand to a young reader.

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