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5.0 out of 5 stars!
Loved these during childhood and love these still!
Loved these during childhood and love these still!
I can now see where my taste in books as an adult comes from. So cool to read this again!
For some reason I just remembered finding such joy out of the books 'that came with a jewel necklace' and after a quick google search I found them! I used to love these books, I remember keeping the necklaces for years after. I hope they're still doing the rounds of young ladies' bookshelves
Jewel Kingdom #1: The Ruby Princess Runs Away by Jahnna Malcolm is a very quick early-middle grade book. It's about 60 pages and it took me less than 20 minutes to read, but I can see how it would be a great book for a reader who is just starting chapter books. There's only 8 chapters total, so each chapter is a decent length 7-10 pages. The print veers on the large side which makes readability good and there are several illustrations throughout. The story is pretty simple.
Princess Roxeanne is 10 years old, and it is her coronation day. She doesn't feel prepared to rule, so when the palace gate is left open she seizes the opportunity and runs away. She meets few friends on her adventure and discovers a plot from the nefarious Lord Bleak. This book would be fantastic for teaching adjectives: there's King Regal, the Mysterious Forest, the Rushing River, Lord Bleak, and many other names that are also adjectives. It's the first in a rather extensive series so emergent readers have more adventures to look forward to if they enjoy the first book.
Honestly, this book was my best friend's favorite when she was growing up, and I can see why. I would love the adventure as a young kid, and there's a dragon which used to guarantee my devotion. As an adult, my favorite part was the rather fortuitous naming of the royal secretary bird as Twitter. This means Roxanne gets to proclaim "Don't tell my parents where I am, Twitter!" It's unexpected meta in a kid's book.
Princess Roxeanne is 10 years old, and it is her coronation day. She doesn't feel prepared to rule, so when the palace gate is left open she seizes the opportunity and runs away. She meets few friends on her adventure and discovers a plot from the nefarious Lord Bleak. This book would be fantastic for teaching adjectives: there's King Regal, the Mysterious Forest, the Rushing River, Lord Bleak, and many other names that are also adjectives. It's the first in a rather extensive series so emergent readers have more adventures to look forward to if they enjoy the first book.
Honestly, this book was my best friend's favorite when she was growing up, and I can see why. I would love the adventure as a young kid, and there's a dragon which used to guarantee my devotion. As an adult, my favorite part was the rather fortuitous naming of the royal secretary bird as Twitter. This means Roxanne gets to proclaim "Don't tell my parents where I am, Twitter!" It's unexpected meta in a kid's book.
Rereading this one. It was a big deal to me as a child and very much part of my internal landscape. So it's funny after the fact to come back and find it could almost be a parody. I took it so serious as a kiddo. Still sweet and wholesome though.
Another series I read when I was little and adored more than anything. My grandma would take me to the bookstore every week for me to see if there was a new one out. I collected the jewelry from each book in my aspirations to become a princess.
Dec 7, 2018: Re-reading for giggles and market research. The series is still as darling and wholesome as ever, only 60 pages and you get princesses, dragons, magic shields, and impostor princesses. <3
Dec 7, 2018: Re-reading for giggles and market research. The series is still as darling and wholesome as ever, only 60 pages and you get princesses, dragons, magic shields, and impostor princesses. <3
For some reason I just remembered finding such joy out of the books 'that came with a jewel necklace' and after a quick google search I found them! I used to love these books, I remember keeping the necklaces for years after. I hope they're still doing the rounds of young ladies' bookshelves