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| Original Title: | The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (The League of Princes, #1) |
| ISBN: | 0062117432 (ISBN13: 9780062117434) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The League of Princes #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (2013), Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Grades 3-6 (2014), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children's (2012) |
Christopher Healy
Hardcover | Pages: 436 pages Rating: 4.05 | 10634 Users | 1508 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (The League of Princes #1) |
| Author | : | Christopher Healy |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 436 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 2012 by Walden Pond Press |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Childrens. Middle Grade. Humor. Fairy Tales. Adventure. Young Adult |
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Prince Liam. Prince Frederic. Prince Duncan. Prince Gustav. You’ve never heard of them, have you? These are the princes who saved Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White, and Rapunzel, respectively, and yet, thanks to those lousy bards who wrote the tales, you likely know them only as Prince Charming. But all of this is about to change.Rejected by their princesses and cast out of their castles, the princes stumble upon an evil plot that could endanger each of their kingdoms. Now it’s up to them to triumph over their various shortcomings, take on trolls, bandits, dragons, witches, and other assorted terrors, and become the heroes no one ever thought they could be.
Christopher Healy’s Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom is a completely original take on the world of fairy tales, the truth about what happens after “happily ever after.” It’s a must-have for middle grade readers who enjoy their fantasy adventures mixed with the humor of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. Witty black-and-white drawings by Todd Harris add to the fun.
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Ratings: 4.05 From 10634 Users | 1508 ReviewsCriticize Containing Books The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (The League of Princes #1)
Take these two movies; take the absolute adorableness of Disney's Tangled, smoosh it with the satirical tone of The Princess Bride, then have Christopher Moore write it, and you have Christopher Healy's The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom. Okay, well, just have Christopher Healy write it. Which he did. So...yeah.I reeeeally liked this. Like, really. It fired on all cylinders with me, and I'm planning on reading the next in the series soon. The book's also illustrated with the perfectlyIn which four overlooked princes depart on an adventure with hopes of making their names known the world over. The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom turns fairy tales on their heads and is replete with whimsical illustrations, princesses, mythical creatures, and -- above all else -- sidesplitting humor. "Think! Frederic told himself. What would Sir Bertram the Dainty do? The answer came to him. In The Case of the Ill-Mannered Milkmaid, Sir Bertram had to get the attentions of a governess who
Ive been giving The Heros Guide to Saving Your Kingdom a lot of thought ever since I saw its cover. It is needless to say that I loved it since the moment I laid my eyes on it. It kind of reminds me of DreamWorks movies, How to Train Your Dragon, in particular. I wonder why. I really wanted to buy it and what kept me from doing it was my husband saying that its probably not that good. So I let it go and tried to put it behind me.Tried. I couldnt.I needed the DreamWorks dragon book sooooo
I just couldn't finish . . . . First, I didn't like how nearly all of the princes were made into namby-pamby goofs, and the princesses were strong, capable, and able to save themselves. My sister (who finished it) tells me it got better in the end, but nonetheless, it was the theme throughout the first 34s and I did not like it. It felt very feministic to me. Also, the crudityviolencewitch-stuff made me cringe a few times, and this is NOT something I would give to my middle-grade aged brothers!
Well, they're definitely 'typical' boys. Impulsive, not so great at communicating, and when hyped up from winning a battle, they pick a fight w/ each other. This book is both hilarious and intelligent. And the princesses have adventures, too. Both boys and girls can enjoy it, and learn about each other from it.And though it has a high page count, it's a fun fast read. I have to admit I'm not thrilled with the end... I guess it's a good thing I have book two out from the library already.I like
I thought this was cute.None of my kids wanted to touch it due to the length and the fact that none of them ever really liked fairytales or books about princes/princesses.If your kids like those things, you may have better luck than I did.Original review 2102(view spoiler)[Edit:I have no idea why this review gets so many people upset. Seriously. I gave it 3 stars! Anyway, it's JUST MY OPINION.Also, it's now been 3 years, and my OPINION of what MY children would think about reading it has been
A wonderful, hilarious, rollicking re-imagining of all the fairy-tales you thought you knew.The Princes Charming: Frederic, Gustav, Liam, and Duncan are the best kinds of heroes, and their stories (along with their unwitting heroines: Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White, and Briar Rose) will delight boys and girls.So many fairy-tale re-tellings take the stance that Prince Charming is the same guy, and he happened to marry all the princesses. This of course leads to the conclusion that he is less
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