Queen-a-Bella Finds a Best Friend
Queen-a-Bella Finds a Best Friend by Lisl Fair & Nina de Polonia is the latest in the series of kids story book for preschoolers. In this book Queen-A-Bella gets slighted when her older sister’s best friend comes to visit and she was not allowed to join in their game. She was very sad and decided after some thought felt that she too should have her own best friend.
Queen-a-Bella goes through the meadow and comes across a butterfly. She asked it to be her best friend but was flatly refused as the butterfly felt that it was a ridiculous request from a rabbit who could not fly. She next approached the fish in the lake and then a fox who wanted in actual to eat her. While escaping from the fox she came across a lizard wearing his best Sunday suit. The lizard rejected her invitation to be her best friend initially but after much persuasion by Queen-a-Bella he accepted her offer. The story ended off happily with the two new best friends enjoying themselves dancing.
My thoughts
I really enjoyed reading this book with my kids. I like the cheery illustration and the underlying message that even though you may not look the same or be of the same species you can still be best friends and share common interests. Queen-a-Bella also shows that it is possible to achieve what you set out to do ( in the case get a best friend) if you are determined enough and not give up. I recommend this book to parents who are looking for a book to read to their children about perseverance and acceptance.
You can purchase the Kindle version of this book from Amazon
Disclaimer: I received a copy of Queen-a-Bella Finds a Best Friend for review purposes. All opinions are 100% my own. This post has a Compensation Level of 3. Please visit Dominique’s Disclosure page for more information.
Marie
October 14, 2012 @ 2:33 pm
With a kindle fire,that book would be really engaging for little kids
Lady Anne
October 14, 2012 @ 5:30 pm
Thanks for sharing! I’ll get this book for my nieces. =)
Vera
October 14, 2012 @ 6:50 pm
Sounds interesting. I miss reading children’s books. Right now, my nephew is into picture books, he’s barely 2 years old. 🙂 Also, I just saw your Disclosure page, quite interesting 🙂
Dominique
October 14, 2012 @ 8:58 pm
@Vera,
thanks… am still tweaking that Disclosure page to make it more relevant to me as I have realized that not all the different compensation levels are relevant to what I am doing. Great to hear that your nephew is into picture books. My 2 year old loves them too. 🙂
tyna quimpo
October 14, 2012 @ 7:43 pm
interesting book. i look forward to reading another book review from you.
Dominique
October 14, 2012 @ 8:59 pm
Thanks for dropping by. I try to do 2-4 different book reviews a month and a mixture of both adult and kids book.
Olga
October 14, 2012 @ 9:19 pm
Sounds like a nice read for my little ones. They also enjoyed Codley and the Big Storm by LIsl Fair so I’m sure they’d love Queen-a-Bella as well. 🙂