  | Princess battle royale Author: Crede, Phaea | |
| Price: $23.28 | ||
Summary:
Fairytale princesses compete in an epic wrestling tournament to dethrone the Swan Princess, with each princess trying and failing to defeat her--until Little Red, a seemingly overlooked towel girl, enters the ring.
| Illustrator: | Hill, Jen |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (05/15/25)
Full Text Reviews:
Other - 06/23/2025 Creatively punning dialogue and action-packed comics-style panels winningly combine in this highly entertaining princess smackdown. Courtesy of "the WPW: World Princess Wrestling," a global cast of princesses compete to beat the reigning champion, avian Swan Princess. One by one, the royal wrestlers enter the ring to take on the "prima slammerina." Rapunzel the Reaper "comes in hot with her signature Hair Whiplash," but to no avail, and Sleeping "Leaping" Beauty is "downed with a sleeper hold. Oh, the irony." After Kaguya, the Moon Monarch of Mayhem!, temporarily fells the bird with a "moonsault," the antagonist trashes the stadium, leaving previously dismissed towel girl Little Red Riding Hood to draw on her own storied background. Crede’s gleeful text doesn’t miss a trash-talking trick, and Hill’s exuberant gouache, watercolor, and digital renderings capture the matches’ glamour and over-the-top drama. It’s truly a fairy tale fight not to miss. Characters are portrayed with various skin tones. Ages 4-8. (Aug.) - Copyright 2025
