Bought this for my young granddaughter who’s name is also Elizabeth and she thoroughly enjoys me reading it to her.
I thought would be nice for her to keep as she’s growing up.
Well illustrated and loveky words too.
Good value.
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Little Elizabeth: The Young Princess Who Became Queen is a colourful book for youngsters, Amazon advise aimed at a reading age of 6-8 year-olds, showing the early life of our current Monarch in a fun and colourful way. The book is written by Valerie Wilding ,who has written several children's history books, and illustrated by Pauline Reeves.The book is informative and colourful but I did feel that the text didn't match the pictures and the age group that Amazon tells us the book is written for. There's plenty of information told in a jokey style but much of it will go over the head of,or just not interest, the average 6-8 year-old. For an older child,say 11 or 12,doing a project or research there's plenty there but in that case it's also rather childish for that age group, unlike for example the great Horrible Histories books which hit exactly the right spot for young people of their target age group.It's not a bad book,with an adult pointing to the pictures while discussing them and telling the Queen's story it will hold the attention of a young child, reading what's written on the page verbatim won't. Older children who want that level of information I suspect would go for a formal history book. A lovely book but a bit confused.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 30 March 2021
Little Elizabeth: The Young Princess Who Became Queen is a colourful book for youngsters, Amazon advise aimed at a reading age of 6-8 year-olds, showing the early life of our current Monarch in a fun and colourful way. The book is written by Valerie Wilding ,who has written several children's history books, and illustrated by Pauline Reeves.
The book is informative and colourful but I did feel that the text didn't match the pictures and the age group that Amazon tells us the book is written for. There's plenty of information told in a jokey style but much of it will go over the head of,or just not interest, the average 6-8 year-old. For an older child,say 11 or 12,doing a project or research there's plenty there but in that case it's also rather childish for that age group, unlike for example the great Horrible Histories books which hit exactly the right spot for young people of their target age group.
It's not a bad book,with an adult pointing to the pictures while discussing them and telling the Queen's story it will hold the attention of a young child, reading what's written on the page verbatim won't. Older children who want that level of information I suspect would go for a formal history book. A lovely book but a bit confused.
The book is informative and colourful but I did feel that the text didn't match the pictures and the age group that Amazon tells us the book is written for. There's plenty of information told in a jokey style but much of it will go over the head of,or just not interest, the average 6-8 year-old. For an older child,say 11 or 12,doing a project or research there's plenty there but in that case it's also rather childish for that age group, unlike for example the great Horrible Histories books which hit exactly the right spot for young people of their target age group.
It's not a bad book,with an adult pointing to the pictures while discussing them and telling the Queen's story it will hold the attention of a young child, reading what's written on the page verbatim won't. Older children who want that level of information I suspect would go for a formal history book. A lovely book but a bit confused.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 12 March 2021
The book measures around 28 cm x 25.5 cm, the eye-catching, thick hardboard cover opening to 32 good quality, shiny finish pages over double page spreads. Colourfully illustrated throughout & interspersed with little snippets, speech bubbles & captions, often humorous, the book closes with a handy, short GLOSSARY.
Informative without being overly so, the text is clear for the best part with keywords CAPITALISED, although some areas might need further explaining, e.g.:
👸 ‘Elizabeth spent some of her pocket money buying PRESENTS from Woolworths ~ a shop that sold everything from sweets and necklaces to pencils and woolly hats.’
(Ah, those were the days!)
~ an ‘American lady called WALLIS SIMPSON'
~ the significance of an outbreak of ‘MUMPS’(!)
The book ends with the 1953 CORONATION, the final paragraph being:
👸 ‘The young princess who grew up to be Queen could never have imagined that she would rule her people for LONGER than any other king or queen in the whole of British history. But that’s just what she’s done.
So, she’s not only a fantastic queen, she’s also a RECORD-BREAKER!’
From the back cover:
👸 ‘The true story of a young princess who grew up to become our Queen.
Once, a very long time ago, there was a little Princess called Elizabeth who loved to play and have fun with her horses, dogs and little sister, Margaret. But when she was ten years old, her life changed forever.
From growing up during the Second World War and training as an army mechanic, to celebrating VE day with the people of Britain and marrying the man she loved, this is the incredible story of a little girl who became Queen Elizabeth II.’
[18 images attached © Valerie Wilding, Pauline Reeves & Wren & Rook/2021]
The little girl who really became Queen & record-breaker
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 12 March 2021
The current ‘LOOK INSIDE’ facility above gives an insight into the layout of the publication, which is the same size & format as [[ASIN:1526361906 Fabulously Feisty Queens]]by the same author & illustrator duo, in the 'Wren & Rook' series.Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 12 March 2021
The book measures around 28 cm x 25.5 cm, the eye-catching, thick hardboard cover opening to 32 good quality, shiny finish pages over double page spreads. Colourfully illustrated throughout & interspersed with little snippets, speech bubbles & captions, often humorous, the book closes with a handy, short GLOSSARY.
Informative without being overly so, the text is clear for the best part with keywords CAPITALISED, although some areas might need further explaining, e.g.:
👸 ‘Elizabeth spent some of her pocket money buying PRESENTS from Woolworths ~ a shop that sold everything from sweets and necklaces to pencils and woolly hats.’
(Ah, those were the days!)
~ an ‘American lady called WALLIS SIMPSON'
~ the significance of an outbreak of ‘MUMPS’(!)
The book ends with the 1953 CORONATION, the final paragraph being:
👸 ‘The young princess who grew up to be Queen could never have imagined that she would rule her people for LONGER than any other king or queen in the whole of British history. But that’s just what she’s done.
So, she’s not only a fantastic queen, she’s also a RECORD-BREAKER!’
From the back cover:
👸 ‘The true story of a young princess who grew up to become our Queen.
Once, a very long time ago, there was a little Princess called Elizabeth who loved to play and have fun with her horses, dogs and little sister, Margaret. But when she was ten years old, her life changed forever.
From growing up during the Second World War and training as an army mechanic, to celebrating VE day with the people of Britain and marrying the man she loved, this is the incredible story of a little girl who became Queen Elizabeth II.’
[18 images attached © Valerie Wilding, Pauline Reeves & Wren & Rook/2021]
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 14 March 2021
Children's book giving an account of the queen’s childhood.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 14 March 2021
There is plenty of information here, but although it is designed for children I found the text style rather stiff and too wordy. The images are not particularly appealing to me but they are colourful and bright. I really did not like the unnecessary capitalisation of words scattered through the text, although the imagined diary entries and magazine article styles do try to help a child understand this very different childhood and give plenty of scope for discussion and comparison. Events such as evacuation will need more explanation. Overall, this is a useful book to read with a child or use for a history project at school. Lots of facts, some points not explained so giving scope for independent research, e.g. “Princess Elizabeth pudding”, so it does deserve its place on a child’s bookshelf or in the school library.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 14 March 2021
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