The Very Fairy Princess: Graduation Girl!
Andrews and Hamilton’s popular fairy princess, Gerry, is graduating (from kindergarten, apparently), and this change is bringing all sorts of angst: new classroom, new teacher, no thank you. And worst of all, what if she is not allowed to wear her signature crown and wings? Davenier’s bright pen-and-ink washes are a delight and combine nicely with the first-person narration (though Gerry tends to sound older than her years). There aren’t many surprises here. The new teacher—a man!—turns out to understand why she needs to wear her accoutrements. Other anxieties are also readily resolved. Gerry’s many fans will be glad to see her moving up in life with wings still firmly attached, albeit to a blue graduation gown. (The crown rests nicely on the mortarboard.) Preschool-Kindergarten. --Ilene Cooper