Gift of Gift (Super Amazing Princess Heroes)

By Sanjay Nambiar

The Super Amazing Princess Heroes have sprung in to action to help build a new school in Uganda. Everything is going well until one of the heroes, Kinney, gets very sick with a heart condition and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0988905027
• ISBN13: 9780988905023
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Umiya Publishing, Inc.
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 10.6"
• Age Range: 5 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

OK plot, but it should be better written for young readers

I went back and forth on what to rate this, but in the end couldn’t give it more than two stars. It was just an ok read at its best. As awful as it is, I wonder if some people simply rated this book high, because they felt bad rating something with such a powerful message low. Did anyone actually read it to a child? The illustrations were good, and the idea heartwarming. My issue comes with the writing style and story arcs. I felt like this was a book any average joe could have written. The words didn’t particularly flow (something I look for in a children’s book, in order to make it easier for my daughter to start learning to read or memorize), and it was pretty wordy throughout. There was also a lot going on in this story, and it’s hard to keep track of for young minds. The big point of this story, I think, is that healthcare isn’t all that great in Uganda. This is a great message, and I feel it’s good for kids to learn about more than just the small world of the community that they live in. That being said, the message was heavy-handed in my opinion, and hard to grasp for little ones in the way that it was presented. My daughter (with a quizzical look) was more interested in the two little girls with the holes in their hearts, and how something like that could happen, than anything else. Yes, this book deals with serious subject matter, which is not a problem for me, but if it’s in a children’s book format I feel it should still be fun and entertaining for the child to want to read. This was not something I felt this book delivered on. It’s about princess superheroes for goodness sake, which is definitely something you can make fun. If my daughter asks for me to read “Gift of Gift” again I would, but I doubt she will. She didn’t seem all that impressed with it either. If I were to suggest a change, I would expand on this book, making it into a chapter book similar to “The Princess in Black” or some of the “Bad Kitty” books. With more space, I think it would give the child more time to absorb what’s happening, and not get all of the ideas jumbled. I would also give the two girls different ailments. This story needs more to build on, and more entertainment value, I think. As it is, it’s quite dry.