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The Monster Princess
Lala dwells in a cave that lies deep below the ground, worlds away from the castle where three beautiful princesses live. She is the best krinkle-nut digger by far, but she longs for more: the dresses, the parties, the royal life. Up, up, up Lala climbs and sneaks into the castle. She tries on the princesses’ gowns…and is caught. But the princesses dress Lala up and let he...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
August 10th 2010
by Aladdin
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A story that dares to suggest that being a princess may not necessarily be the end all be all of female exsistence. I think I'd like it better if the other option wasn't presented to be monsterhood, however. But a cute story that many will enjoy with a well-constructed rhyme scheme.
Lala the rugabee wanted to be a real princess. But living in a cave beneath the ground wasn't the best place to start.
She runs away and sneaks into the nearby castle, try's on the princesses pretty dresses, and gets caught! They decide to make sport of our sweet Lala and let her dress up to present her at the ball. But her entrance was spectacular and not in a wonderful way. They laughed and teased her and told her she would never be a princess. She ran back to her cave broken hearted.
She want...more
She runs away and sneaks into the nearby castle, try's on the princesses pretty dresses, and gets caught! They decide to make sport of our sweet Lala and let her dress up to present her at the ball. But her entrance was spectacular and not in a wonderful way. They laughed and teased her and told her she would never be a princess. She ran back to her cave broken hearted.
She want...more
In a cave, there was a little monster girl. She had a mom and she lived in a cozy cave. One time she went up to see the world. She went into the princesses' home and put on one of their dresses. She got caught by the girls. The monster girl said oh, sorry! I just wanted to be a princess like you. But then they said, let her go to a ball. They give her a fancy gown. But she fell down and everyone laughed at her, even the princesses. She went home and was sad, but climbed up to return the dress. T...more
D.J. MacHale’s The Monster Princess is a well-written poetic story about a heroine that children can learn from. It has a strong theme about being happy with the way you are. Filled with gorgeous illustrations, parents and children will equally enjoy reading this aloud. With a cast of colorful characters and written in beautifully flowed rhymes, it provides perfect opportunities for parents to give the characters silly voices and act out a wonderful story that will maintain children’s attention...more
A great story to read to your little girl! My daughter loves it!
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I wanted to like this book more then I did. It really reminded me why rhyme is not perfect for every children's book. Not that the words didn't rhyme, but something about it seemed forced and jarring. The story seemed incomplete, as if it was missing some important part in between the main character being rejected as a princess and returning to the surface. On the other hand, I quite liked the illustrations. I think Lala is SO cute, mostly because she looks like my dog Oscar, if he had long gree...more
The Monster Princess by DJ MacHale and illustrated by Alexandra Boiger is a picture book that appeals to both my princess loving daughter and my monster loving son. Lala, is a talented Rugabee. She, though, is disatisfied with her life underground, especially when there is a castle full of princesses so near by.
So Lala decides to become a princess. She manages to convince the princesses to help her. She's loaned a dress and invited to the ball. She, though, hasn't had enough practice dressing in...more
So Lala decides to become a princess. She manages to convince the princesses to help her. She's loaned a dress and invited to the ball. She, though, hasn't had enough practice dressing in...more
My girly-girl loved this book, and I thought it had a nice, uniquely refreshing message for a fairy tale. Instead of living happily ever after becoming a princess, Lala the monster decides that she'd rather be herself, instead of someone that she's not. Even though the other princesses are very mean to her, she overcomes her understandable anger to defend and protect them in the end, proving that her beauty is more than skin deep.
Lala is fast and brave and the best krinkle-nut digger. But she is unhappy, and dreams of being like one of the princesses in the castle above. One day, Lala gets her chance, when things go horribly wrong Lala is left feeling more sorrowful than ever before. Never fear, though, the story is not over and children and parents alike will cheer at Lala’s ultimate victory.
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Rhyming fairytale. Very cute story with a good moral, about how an ugly monster wants to be a beautiful princess like the other girls her age. Book portrays the idea that sometimes the grass is not always greener on the other side. Everyone has their own special talents that make them unique and valuable to those around them and even valuable to their own communities.
The rhyme in this wasn't great. In fact, it was often a little clunky. And, though it may see weird to question character motivations in a picture book, the 3 princess characters are hard to figure out. Mean and planning a trick from the beginning, or misguided?
All in all alright, but with Monsters and Princesses combined I wanted to love it.
All in all alright, but with Monsters and Princesses combined I wanted to love it.
A delightful wonderful read about a monster who wants to be a princess. Great for storytime because of the rhyming text. A wonderful read for kids who feel like they want to fit in, but want to embrace they're individuality. Boiger's illustrations are delightful and airy.
Never one to dig the preachy message books, this title was okay. Somewhat of a hard lesson for the monster princess who of course does the "right thing" in the face of nastiness. As much as my princesses enjoy princess stories, even they looked disgruntled at the end.
The kiddie's liked this book, but I felt like the story was rushed and the rhyming was off. The message is good though. Be who you are, do what you're good at, and "the grass isn't always greener on the other side" kind of stuff.
The Monster Princess was a cute story about Lala the monster who wants to be a princess and tries to sneak into the castle. The pictures were great and it had a good moral of being yourself and contributing what you have.
I like the watercolor illustration in this book. I also like the moral of this story. What one takes away from this book is important. It is important to be yourself, but also except yourself.
didn't care for the princess who only liked the monster when they were going to die... i don't like books that cater towards bullies. i thought good concept but just didn't translate to page.
I bought this for my niece. It has a sweet, positive message, and her parents tell me that every single night, she demands they read her 'Monster Princess' at bedtime. It's her favorite story ever!
Lala, the monster, wants to be a princess, but she cannot overcome her monsterish nature. A nice story about discovering your strengths, but I thought the premise wasn't that original.
All little girls know other mean little girls. What I liked about this story was how Lala (the monster) dealt with it. Good message for the nice little girls left in the world.
This is a cute story about a monster that wants to be more like a princess and the opportunity she gets. This has a great message in the end. Fun read aloud book!
Pretty cute spin on a familiar lesson. The grass isn't always greener on the other side, but she gave it a try anyway and found out on her own. Good for her.
My 4 year old daughter liked this because she likes everything princess related. The rhyming is cute. It's a story about dealing with mean girls.
This is a delightful story with awesome illustrations. Lala had to learn to accept who she is and she does this with the help of three princesses.
28 months - I wanted to love this one, a new and refreshing take on a fairy tale but in the end the story and illustrations were just ok.
This was absolutely adorable. A perfect story about not becoming what other's are, but being happy with who you are. Absolutely lovely.
Lala thinks she wants to be just like the beautiful princesses she admires, but finds out that it is better to be special in one's own way.
Moralistic garbage. I threw it across the room when I'd finished reading it to my son. I don't want this shit in my house.
Cute fun read for little girls. Great pictures. Helps the princess in all of us shine, even if we're little monsters.
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D.J. MacHale is a writer, director, executive producer and creator of several popular television series and movies.
He was raised in Greenwich, CT and graduated from Greenwich High School. While in school, he had several jobs including collecting eggs at a poultry farm, engraving sports trophies and washing dishes in a steakhouse...in between playing football and running track. D.J. then attended N...more
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He was raised in Greenwich, CT and graduated from Greenwich High School. While in school, he had several jobs including collecting eggs at a poultry farm, engraving sports trophies and washing dishes in a steakhouse...in between playing football and running track. D.J. then attended N...more
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