The Princess in Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde

The story is interesting. The pictures are also well drawn with great details. My 6- yr daughterfinished it at one sitting.

The Princess in Black's cutest adventure yet—no, really, the monsters are deceptively cute. While Princess Magnolia and unicorn Frimplepants are on their way to a much anticipated brunch with Princess Sneezewort, Magnolia's monster alarm goes off, forcing an emergency costume change on her and Frimplepants to become the Princess in Black and her faithful steed, Blacky. They rush to rescue goat boy Duff, hoping to save the day in time for doughnuts. However, when they arrive, instead of monsters they see a field full of adorable bunnies. Pham's illustrations give the bunnies wide-eyed innocence and little puffballs on the tips of their ears. Duff tries to explain that they're menaces from Monster Land that eat everything (all the grass, a tree, a goat's horn…), but the Princess has trouble imagining that monsters might come in such a cute package. By the time she does, there are too many to fight! Humor comes from the juxtaposed danger and adorableness. Just when the bunnies decide to eat the Princess, Blacky—who, as Frimplepants, is fluent in Cuteness—communicates that she's not food and persuades the bunnies to return to Monster Land. While Princess Magnolia and Frimplepants are too late for brunch, Princess Sneezewort gets the consolation prize of lunch with the Princess in Black and Blacky. While not exactly novel, it's well-executed and very funny.OverviewIt’s a case of monstrous cuteness as the Princess in Black encounters her biggest challenge yet: a field overrun by adorable bunnies.Princess Magnolia and her unicorn, Frimplepants, are on their way to have brunch with Princess Sneezewort, an occasion Frimplepants enjoys more than anything in the world. But just when he can smell the freshly baked bread and the heaping platters of sugar-dusted doughnuts, Princess Magnolia’s glitter-stone ring rings. The monster alarm! After a quick change in the secret cave, Princess Magnolia and Frimplepants are transformed into the Princess in Black and her faithful pony, Blacky. But when they get to the goat pasture, all they can see is a field full of darling little bunnies nibbling on grass, twitching their velvet noses, and wiggling their fluffy tails. Where are the monsters? Are these bunnies as innocent as they appear?

We love Shannon Hale at our house, and this series is no exception. The charm, whit, and drawings are all wonderful. However, of the three Princess in Black books, this is our least favorite. Maybe it is because I bought them to read to my 3 year old, but I think it is a bit more unsettling to young readers then the other books in the series.SPOILER ALERT: In the past books, the monsters never actually ate anything, so I was telling my daughter, who is at that age to be afraid of monsters at night, that "Monsters don't eat people. They only eat goats," and she would happily go to sleep. In this book, however, the bunnies not only eat everything in sight, including the Princess in Black's shoe, but they also threaten to eat both her and Duff because they do not speak the language of cuteness. Not the best thing to have happen at our house. My daughter started to worry about monsters at night again, and we had to convince her that she spoke the language of cuteness so as to be safe. It was a much harder sell since she likes to think of herself as the Princess in Black.For now, this particular book has been put on the shelf. Still, I think it is worth having if you enjoy the series. I'm sure my daughter will like it better once she is old enough to read it herself and no longer afraid of monsters at night.

The Hales have created another winning book with The Princess in Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde. Princess Magnolia presents a tough picture when she dresses up and tackles monsters as the Princess in Black. But she is as susceptible as anyone to cuteness, and the horde of bunnies she faces in this book are utterly adorable. It's funny to read about the goat boy's efforts to convince her that the bunnies aren't as sweet as they are cute, as they devour everything in sight, including a goat horn and a complete tree. But interestingly it isn't the Princess in Black who saves the day, which adds a nice twist to the story. The bunnies scaring off the other monsters is pretty funny as well. Pham, as in the other Princess in Black stories, steals the show with her gorgeous illustrations. A surefire winner for young readers who enjoy princess stories or superhero stories or both. This continues to be one of my favorite series to read and share.

My 7 year old first grader LOVES these books. They are so fun inside with colorful pictures, the writing isn’t too small and the stories keep her wanting to read more. She reads each book in about two nights, And begs me to get her the next one. I ended up buying the whole series on here because she was so excited to read the next book once she finished one of them. I was so excited to see her so excited about reading and not wanting to put down these books.

We are big fans of The Princess in Black series. The stories are fun and full of adventure. They’re great for early readers chapters are short for them and there’s bright colorful pictures to help little readers and non readers. My 3 year old loves them as well as 5 year old niece and my older 7 year old still enjoys them! The 7 year old has re read them many times over the years.

I got this for a struggling third grade reader. She loved it. We read the whole series.Then I brought it home and read it aloud to my five year old daughter who absolutely LOVED them. We read them all (again),Our public library happened to have a Princess in a Black event this summer - my five year old was too excited. We went and she was able to talk all about the books with the "bigger girls".The bright colorful illustrations do assist as context clues. There are also lots of opportunities for predicting/inferring.While this series may not go down in history as great literature of our time - it got two different aged girls (5 & 9) to enjoy reading. That's a success in my eyes! We can't wait for the next book to come out in September!

I bought this for my granddaughter's 7th birthday to add to her collection. She loves these books

My 4 year old likes the Princess in Black books and they are a nice change from me from her usual picture books. They are a nice in between stage for kids who can concentrate for longer books but still need pictures.

A great book for a reluctant reader. Very short chapters, great pictures. My 8 year old loves them, but I think many 6 year olds could read them also.

My 7 year old daughter loves this series and reads it without trouble. I enjoy reading it to her - it’s funny and positive and it’s great to see a Princess not waiting to be rescued and married.

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