The synopsis says it's perfect for fans of Babymouse, but I'm definitely not one of those. I wasn't sure what to expect from this one. After that, if one doesn't jump the queue, one goes on to YA after that, the world. The Ranger's Apprentice series fell into this mode. * - Chapter-book, it turns out, is a technical terms among children's librarians, meaning the sort of more text-dense book a young reader first graduates to from picture books, sometime in grade school.
Whatever happened to illustrations in books.?) Good for the new chapter-book (*) reader in one's family, or to read aloud to younger kids (with the delightful pictures, of course. Which actually makes me wonder if modern kids ever do manage to encounter the original fairy tales. Anyone who grew up on the "Fractured Fairy Tales" in Rocky and Bullwinkle needs no intro to the shtick, but this still managed to surprise a couple of laughs out of me along the way. (Late off the mark, true, for anyone who knew her from her long-running webcomic Digger.) This is Vernon in her kids'-book mode. I first encountered Ursula Vernon through her brilliant adult short story "Toad Words".
The assorted adventures of a hamster princess who figures out that if the christening curse is supposed to work on her 12th birthday, it must needs also keep her alive until then. Perfect for fans of Babymouse and Chris Colfer's Land of Stories, this laugh-out-loud new comic hybrid series will turn everything you thought you knew about princesses on its head.
And so begins a grand life of adventure with her trusty riding quail, Mumfrey.until her twelfth birthday arrives and the curse manifests in a most unexpected way. One day, though, Harriet's parents tell her of the curse that a rat placed on her at birth, dooming her to prick her finger on a hamster wheel when she's twelve and fall into a deep sleep. For Harriet, this is most wonderful It means she's invincible until she's twelve! After all, no good curse goes to waste. She may be quite stunning in the rodent realm (you'll have to trust her on this one), but she is not so great at trailing around the palace looking ethereal or sighing a lot. Harriet Hamsterbone is not your typical princess. Sleeping Beauty gets a feisty, furry twist in this hilarious new comic series from the creator of Dragonbreath
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