This book is beautiful to look at. There is an embedded pearl on the front (not a real one of course) which at the end of the book it says to touch and whisper your pearl of wisdom on so that it stays with you forever. My 6-year-old’s imagination was stirred and she was making wishes upon the pearl before asking me why they weren’t coming true. It doesn't work like that unfortunately.
As well as the story and the beautifully drawn pictures, my daughter particularly liked the bit of the story where Pearl is underwater and all the other sea princesses greet her, there are lots of interactive elements, like a flap to pull to open some portholes on a sunken ship, or a scene with Pearl diving into the water the more you open the page.
On the down side the story is short and the pop-ups are delicate for younger girls with grabby fingers, but you’d probably be aware of this prior to purchasing this product. Also at one point in the story it looks like Pearl is going to stay an underwater princess forever, and she doesn’t seem to have any regard for her parents on land and how they would feel without her, but maybe that is a little deep for such a book, and also maybe my viewpoint as a parent means I'm biased.
My 6-year-old says it is a fun book because you have to do stuff with your fingers along the way (she is so eloquent) so she recommends it.
(I got this book through Amazon Vine. It is listed here.)
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