Princess Yazzie and The Prince: The Secret Garden

by Sharon P. Tulloch

Princess Yazzie found herself in the secret garden hiding from the Prince, who wants to kiss her so that he can turn back into a frog. The secret garden is filled with all her favorite things.

36 pages, Paperback

First published November 11, 2013

About the author

Jamaican born living in Florida. I’m a mother of a 5 yr old boy, a children’s book author, blogger and a nurse..I’m always trying to learn new things and teaching it back while having fun. Giving thanks to God always. I Love reading and cooking in between DIY like websites building, designing website and helping my son with his homework.
My books site http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00GMCGEG4
blog site www.sharontulloch.org

Reviews

[Kaleena Rheeya · Rating 5 out of 5]

This Goodreads First Reads is a very cute story for children age 1-8. It is a quick, easy read that has lovely illustrations on just about every other page. The major criticism I have is that there are a lot of punctuation issues throughout the story. Many of the conversational portions of the story are missing commas, spaced awkwardly, or missing quotation marks. It can also be difficult on a couple of the pages to determine who is speaking on first read due to how the story is laid out on each page. For example, page 8 would look better if edited as such:

"Thank you Aunt Velma! I do not want the prince to kiss me on the cheeks. I do not want the prince to turn back into a frog," says Princess Yazzie. (Thank you! Aunt Velma, ...could also work depending on how the text is actually supposed to be conveyed.)

Instead of:

"Thank you! Aunt Velma"

I do not want the prince to kiss me on the cheeks

I do not want the prince to turn back into a frog." Says Princess Yazzie.

I do look forward to reading this story multiple times with my 14 month old daughter as a way to help her learn new words and eventually to help teach her to read. Happy writing and reading!

Note: the edits suggested have been addressed so the rating has been updated.

[Sharon Tulloch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful princess book