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Prince Dashing is daring and will stop at nothing to find a new friend!
Prince Dashing bathes with crocodiles, eats while dangling upside down from the tallest trees, and toasts s'mores by dragon's breath.
The night of the royal ice cream social, he meets a girl as adventurous as he is. But at the stroke of bedtime, the girl hurries off, leaving behind her mysterious stick. In his usual daring way, Dashing ventures out to search for the stick's owner. He gallops by groups of thugs, tromps past toothy crocodiles, and eventually stumbles into the zoo. Will he ever find his friend?
Follow Dashing and one equally daring girl in this humorous tale of fearless fun and friendship.
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Author Notes
Marilou T. Reeder received a Barbara Karlin Grant letter of merit in 2009. In 2010, she was awarded the SCBWI Pocono Mountain Retreat author scholarship, for writers who show exceptional promise. When she is not writing for children, she keeps busy with freelance business and technical writing. She currently resides in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
Karl West is a freelance illustrator, doodler, and full-time coffee drinker. He produces both traditional and digital work from his studio in Dorset, England.
Reviews (2)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2-A daring prince meets his match and then loses her in this Cinderella-esque story of a boy, a girl, and a pogo stick. Prince Dashing is an adventurous lad who doesn't think twice about bathing with crocodiles, toasting s'mores by way of dragon's breath, or catapulting himself from the castle onto his faithful steed. A chance encounter with a mysterious girl on a pogo stick leaves the prince feeling like he's met his match. She rushes out of the party at bedtime, leaving behind her pogo stick, which is picked up by the prince and inspires him to go on a quest to find her. The prince insists on going blindfolded in order to locate this mysterious girl by the sound the pogo stick makes, but he winds up in a zoo where various animals play with the "stick-thingy." The illustrations have an animated cartoon quality that works well to show off the prince and the girl's ridiculous antics, and the text is full of clever phrases that reframe the classic fairy tale to feature two kids being kids and pulling off outlandish stunts. VERDICT With just the right amounts of silliness and playfulness, this is an easy story for a wide range of readers to enjoy over and over.-Matthew C. Winner, Ducketts Lane Elementary School, Elkridge, MD © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
A daredevil prince meets his perfect Cinderella, and they begin a "most adventurous friendship." Bathing in the crocodile-filled moat and toasting marshmallows by dragon's breath are par for the course for Prince Dashing. At the royal ice cream social, he meets a blonde who can keep up with his crazy anticsplaying "Fr Elise" with her toes while doing a backbend while the prince roller-blades across the top of the piano. But at the stroke of bedtime, she is gone, leaving behind only her pogo stick, which the prince calls a "stick-thingy." The girl who can make the right sound with the stickZING-BOING!will be the honored guest at the prince's birthday party. But of course, the prince can't do things the easy way; he will search for "Stickerella" blindfolded, which makes for lots of humorous mishaps and near misses. West's brightly colored vignette and double-page-spread illustrations are full of funny details, especially the scenes in the zoo. Nicely, this fairy-tale heroine isn't in need of savingthere's no stepmother and no forced labor, though she does clean her own home. For those kids who find nasty sisters, cleaning, and losing a shoe to be too tame, this is a daredevil alternative. (Fractured fairy tale. 4-7) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
