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Amanda recommends The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton

by Boulder Library on 2025-05-06T10:00:00-06:00 in .Amanda's reviews, children's, multiracial, picture books | 0 Comments
Cover ArtThis is one of my favorite books to read with rough-and-tumble kids. Princess Pinecone would LOVE to get a real warhorse for her birthday. And her family tries...but they don't quite get it right. What follows is a fun book for horse kids, brave kids, fantasy kids, and kids who are really good at looking at challenges in a new way.
 
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Princess Pinecone would like a real war horse for her birthday, instead of which she gets a plump, cute pony--but sometimes cuteness can be a kind of weapon, especially in a fight with dodgeballs and spitballs and hairballs and squareballs.
 

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