The Princess and the Pony

The Princess and the Pony is a 2015 children's picture book illustrated by Kate Beaton.[1] She won the Children's Book Award in 2016 for the Princess and the Pony.[2] She said that the book was inspired by her nephew.[3] It is her first book written for children.[4]

The Princess and the Pony turns stereotypical situations up-side-down. Princess Pinecone is a "strong female character," and a warrior.[5] She wants a warhorse for her birthday, but instead gets a very cute pony.[6] The pony is flatulent and Princess Pinecone is very unhappy with it at first.[7] Princess Pinecone can't teach it to fight in battle and despite this, she enters it in a tournament where the other warriors are won over by the pony's cute antics.[5] The story is meant to be humorous.[8] The Quill and Quire called the illustrations in the book "inclusive" because of Princess Pinecone's mixed heritage and that the warriors in the story are in "all shapes, sizes, colours and ages."[9]

Characters

References

  1. ↑ "Kate Beaton: How to Make It as a Cartoonist". TIME.com. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  2. ↑ "Kate Beaton wins Children's Choice Book Award for The Princess and the Pony". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  3. ↑ "News from the North: July 2016". Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  4. ↑ "Beaton New Princess of Kidlit". The Chronicle Herald. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 Berlatsky, Noah (2015-06-25). "The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton review – strength is a farting horse". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  6. ↑ "Review: A trio of new picture books by Kate Beaton, Daniel Miyares, and Maureen Fergus". The Globe and Mail. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Cerny, Dory (2015). "The Princess and the Pony". Quill & Quire. 81 (10): 20. Retrieved 6 September 2016 – via EBSCOhost. (subscription required (help)).
  8. ↑ "The NP99: The best books of the year, vol. 3 (49-25)". National Post. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "The Princess and the Pony". Quill & Quire. Retrieved 6 September 2016.


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