Fairy tale for kids 2-6 in search of self worth

 

The story of Princess Fluffy Plumpkin reads like a modern-day fairytale with a moral. It opens with an unhappy Princess Fluffy. She may be royalty, but she doesn’t feel like it. The source of her unhappiness is how she looks. Even as a princess, she compares herself to her sisters with their short colorful fur. Her fur is not short or colorful and she feels that even her parents treat her differently. She tries and tries to change how she looks but nothing works. As a last resort, she follows her brother’s advice. His plan works at first but doesn’t bring lasting change.

 

This fairy-tale brims with encouragement and uplifting moments for kids 2-6 years old who see flaws in their appearance. Princess Fluffy Easts Pink is engaging. Filled with interactive illustrations that depict Princess Fluffy’s journey of discovery. She realizes the advantages to being different and overcomes her feelings of inferiority. This delightful story delivers an important message on a child’s level. We are all unique. A person’s value should not be based on how they look. This story’s message will help kids love themselves and learn not to compare themselves with others in search of self-worth. I highly recommend this book for young kids and early readers. I’m happy to award it 5 stars.

 

As BookHookup, I am a long-time book reviewer and I received this book as a free review copy in collaboration with Blackberry Book Tours. I have not been compensated for reviewing or recommending it. Some links in this post are affiliate links. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to amazon.com and affiliate sites.

 

About author Chris Roy

Chris Roy was raised on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He is a boxing trainer, and a tattoo artist.

Young Adult books:

• Sad Sally Salad
• Alex

Children’s books:

• Ronin Cleans His Room Like a Ninja

• When a Brave Bear Fights Cancer (by Carola Schmidt, edited by Chris Roy)

• Chubby’s Tale: the true story of a Teddy bear who beat cancer (by Carola Schmidt, edited by Chris Roy)

• Little Ricky’s Ambition (by Richard Lewis, Jr., edited by Chris Roy)

• Princess Fluffy Plumpkin Eats Pink

Stranded on Castaway Island 5 star YA adventure survival

Stranded on Castaway Island written by Amy C. Laundrie is young adult adventure survival contemporary fiction told from the first-person point of view of fourteen-year-old Annie. Life has dealt her a difficult hand. She lost her mom in a car accident, and her best friend, Mirra, betrayed her. As the story opens, she is the caregiver to her two younger brothers, emotional support for her dad, and has taken on the role of providing whatever is needed for the family. But life turns upside down when her former best friend asks her to join her for an island picnic. She boards the boat thinking perhaps Mirra is going to apologize. That is far from the case, and when a sudden storm turns the boat ride into a terrifying fight for survival, Annie and Mirra find themselves shipwrecked on a remote island. The two of them are forced to learn how to survive together, and how to let go of their grudges which grow to encompass whose fault it is that they are stranded. 

 

 

Wild horses that live on the island bring an interesting element to the story. I won’t share it in detail, because I don’t include spoilers in my reviews, but I have to say I enjoyed this harbinger on more than one level.

 

Laundrie does an excellent job telling the story from a teenage point of view and the pacing of this story is perfect with a constant ebb and flow of conflict and resolution. An element of mystery and a whole new danger level ratchets up the tension when the girls find warm embers from a campfire and man-sized footprints. Is someone watching them? Why doesn't he show himself? Are they in danger?

I highly recommend this book for readers who enjoy YA adventure survival like Wildfire by Rodman Philbrick, or A Map for Wrecked Girls by Jessica Taylor. I enjoyed the characters, the setting, and the realistic details that made it all come to life as well as the healing nature of the story. I give Stranded on Castaway Island 5 stars.

As BookHookup, I am a longtime book reviewer and I received Stranded on Castaway Island as a free review copy and have not been compensated for reviewing or recommending it.  

 

This review is posted in collaboration with #Blackberry Book Tours. Some links in this post are affiliate links. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to amazon.com and affiliate sites. 

 

About Author Amy C. Laundrie

 

Amy Laundrie taught elementary school for over thirty years. She loved sharing her love of nature, animals, and stories with her students. Her survival novel, STRANDED ON CASTAWAY ISLAND, takes young adult readers on a wild adventure. THE QUACK-A-DOOLDE PARADE is a rollicking picture book. She's also a weekly columnist and has collected her favorite pieces and included them in an adult memoir called LAUGH, CRY, REFLECT: STORIES FROM A JOYFUL HEART. Her latest series beginning with FOLLOW ME INTO THE WOODS is a nature picture book series. NOAH'S ARK PET CARE CLUB is a fun story about three kids who pet-sit. Amy’s also the author of WHINNY OF THE WILD HORSES, and the Kayla Montgomery mystery series for older readers. EYE OF TRUTH, THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER, DELIVER US FROM EVIL, LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, and WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING include suspense, light romance, and horses. 

Visit her at www.laundrie.com.