From the Bloomsbury Catalog:
For all those parents rebelling against the princess proliferation, here is the perfect antidote! Budding Fashionista? Check. Young gourmet? Check. In this third book in the series, we meet a cooped-up child on a rainy day, who has a whole box full of toys, but can't find a thing to play with…
Stylish bold art and a playful rhyming text have made this picture book series stand out in a tight market. And this latest installment perfectly captures another one of those all-too-common moments of early childhood!
Too Princessy!
Website Designed by Jean Reidy © 2005. "Shelly the Turtle" Designed by Genevieve Leloup
Too Circusy, Too Clowny,
Too Princessy, Too Crowny ...
It's a rainy day, but not a single toy in the toy box seems fun enough for our adventuresome little girl. She tries everything from trucks to telescopes, puzzles to pianos, but nothing does the trick until she lets her creative sparks fly. In the spirit of the first two charmers, Too Purpley! and Too Pickley!, Reidy's sprightly text is again beautifully illustrated with Leloup's stylish art. Preschoolers will love to see and say all the games and toys the little girl tries, and adults will appreciate the celebration of imagination that is the best solution of all - the perfect antidote to
the princess pandemic
Read What the Reviews Are Saying:
The superpink cover’s a bit of a pink (red) herring for those seeking a princess or anti-princess theme, but this sibling of Too Purpley! (2010) and Too Pickley! (2010) has a field day showcasing one hilariously realistic way that kids reject toys.
“I am bored!” announces a pigtailed girl, lying upside down on the floor with an emoticon frown. From there until the penultimate page, the text is made exclusively of rhyming explanations for why this toy and that toy aren’t worth her playtime. They’re “Too jolly, too jumpy, / too diggy, too dumpy!” (jolly and jumpy are a jack-in-the-box and a wind-up bird on a trampoline, diggy and dumpy are a steam shovel and a dump truck) or “Too goopy, / too gluey, // too Marsy, / too mooey!” (goopy is modeling clay, gluey is collage crafts, Marsy is a telescope and mooey is—natch—a riding cow). What’s wrong with a puzzle? “Too piecey.” A wagon? “[T]oo zoomy.” Bright colors and high visual energy match the quick verse. Listeners will enjoy the scansion; observers will be tickled that as hard as this girl clings to her indefatigable determination to be bored, she’s actually having a quite a romp. Leloup slyly shows her relishing most of the toys—albeit briefly—before tossing them aside.
Adults won’t be surprised at the only object she stamps with approval, and kids will want re-reads. (Picture book. 2-5) Kirkus
If there’s one thing boredom is good for, it’s coming up with creative adjectives that end in “Y.” In their third collaboration, Reidy and Leloup introduce a heroine who can’t find an activity that suits her mood. In bright, busy digital spreads, she unpacks toys from a box, but discovers that a puzzle is “too piecey,” a piano is “too plinky,” and riding in a red wagon is “too zoomy.” This high-energy outing sends a clear message: sometimes the simplest toy is the best one. Ages 3–5. Publishers Weekly
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