shgmclicious 's review for:

La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya

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Well, I like this a hell of a lot more than La Madre Goose, at least. Still, this book falls into many of the traps of that last one--the rhyme is actually on point, it's just that it's done with Spanish words that don't naturally fit in with the structure of Spanglish. The illustrations, though: LOVE! I love that they are very obviously Peruvian, so you know it's not just another European story or a generically "diverse" one, and I also love how the potential princesses are so diverse. Martinez-Neal's illustrations are what would happen if de Grazia sucked less and used color better.