The Princess in Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde

These are great books for young readers. These books are level M books, which is the level kids read at by the end of 2nd grade. The age range on the book says 5-8. I could see this book being used 2 ways. An adult could read it to younger kids or an early reader can read a chapter a night.
I'm currently using this for my daughter who is level K. With my support, she can easily read this book. What makes this book great is the short chapters and pictures on each page.
I highly recommend these cute, fun books.

These are great books for young readers. These books are level M books, which is the level kids read at by the end of 2nd grade. The age range on the book says 5-8. I could see this book being used 2 ways. An adult could read it to younger kids or an early reader can read a chapter a night.
I'm currently using this for my daughter who is level K. With my support, she can easily read this book. What makes this book great is the short chapters and pictures on each page.
I highly recommend these cute, fun books.

My daughter LOVES this series. They got her to try reading chapter books. My son who is an avid reader in 5th grade and reading at Highschool level, sneaks these and reads them too. They have great characters, funny pictures, and story lines. And a wonderful brave heroine that tells my tough, brave, girly girl she can dress up like a princess and still defeat monsters. My daughter is going to be the Princess In Black for Halloween. She can't wait for the next two books.

We love Shannon Hale at our house, and this series is no exception. The charm, whit, and drawings are all wonderful. However, of the three Princess in Black books, this is our least favorite. Maybe it is because I bought them to read to my 3 year old, but I think it is a bit more unsettling to young readers then the other books in the series.

SPOILER ALERT: In the past books, the monsters never actually ate anything, so I was telling my daughter, who is at that age to be afraid of monsters at night, that "Monsters don't eat people. They only eat goats," and she would happily go to sleep. In this book, however, the bunnies not only eat everything in sight, including the Princess in Black's shoe, but they also threaten to eat both her and Duff because they do not speak the language of cuteness. Not the best thing to have happen at our house. My daughter started to worry about monsters at night again, and we had to convince her that she spoke the language of cuteness so as to be safe. It was a much harder sell since she likes to think of herself as the Princess in Black.

For now, this particular book has been put on the shelf. Still, I think it is worth having if you enjoy the series. I'm sure my daughter will like it better once she is old enough to read it herself and no longer afraid of monsters at night.

I read this and the other Princess in Black books to my first graders. They loved it, even the boys. The fact the hero is a princess, which many boys might not choose on their own, was quickly forgotten one once they saw her awesome monster fighting moves. The entire series has become a class favorite. They are now reading it on their own and even writing their own "sequels". They are just sad the next book isn't scheduled to come out until next school year.

Princess Magnolia and Frimplepants are on their way to a brunch engagement they are both really looking forward to, when the monster alarm goes off and the Princess in Black and Blacky must run to the rescue. But when they arrive, they don't see any monsters. It's just a field of cute, adorable, fluffy bunnies. What harm could a bunch of cute bunnies cause?

Another hilarious adventure with the Princess in Black and Blacky. Their newest nemesis is quite disarming but oh so dangerous (in fact, adults may be wondering if these bunnies previously were side characters in a British comedy movie for adults a couple decades ago...there are some definite similarities, though no bloodshed in this appearance). A good lessons not to judge by appearances, and of course, it's high entertainment.

This book redeemed the series for me. I really enjoyed it. Princess Magnolia and Frimplepants are off to brunch when the monster alarm goes off. The dash off to their hide away, change their appearance, and race off to the meadow to save Duff and his goats from the latest monster invasion from Monster Land. This time, the monsters are bunnies. The Princess in Black thinks they're cute, Duff sees them devouring everything in sight, but only Blacky can hear them speaking the language of cuteness.

This story was so unique. I loved it. I also enjoyed that Blacky saves the day. And there was a mention of Duff some day becoming the Goat Avenger, which I am really looking forward to. Unlike the second book, this book returns to being a bit more gender neutral as there is not an overload of princesses in the story.

Also, I don't recall if there are alternating perspectives in the second book, but I remember them from the first book. Hale uses them again in this book. The chapters alternate between the Princess in Black's, Blacky's, Duff's, and even the bunny monsters' points of view. I really enjoyed Blacky's comical obsession with brunch.

Hale still uses fun action words in the battles, and once again Princess Magnolia's secret identity is not discovered, which even my son found a little unbelievable. But it always is that way with super heroes, right? This is a fun and enjoyable read and a great addition to the series. I will definitely be on the watch for the 4th book, which is due out later this year.

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This book is definitely the weakest of the three Princess in Black stories I've read for my kids -- it's not awful by any stretch of the imagination, but compared to the first and second books it's poorly executed.

It feels like the authors wanted to show that you shouldn't ignore your problems while giving Blacky some time in the spotlight, but fell short of actually hitting the mark. Without getting into too much of the story itself, the end result is that the book sees the Princess have zero impact in the story: once she actually does try to resolve the problem, she's completely ineffectual, and the conflict resolution comes off as more of a plot contrivance birthed from the authors writing themselves into a hole than Blacky really saving the day. The fact that a massive amount of environmental damage also gets ignored as Duff cheers them into town likewise beggars belief. Maybe it's addressed in the fourth book?

The long and short of it is, when I read this I felt like I was narrating a filler episode for a B-list SatAM cartoon. Kids still liked it, but it's nothing I really feel like coming back to.

My niece loves princesses and all things pink and sparkly. However, because of her older brothers' influence, she loves ninjas and fighting! This book is absolutely adorable. It keeps her entertained - on the edge of her seat, really (despite how many times we have to read it to her over and over). This is a great series; i'm planning on continuing her collection for her.

The third installment of the Princess in Black series was another winner. Princess Magnolia was finally stumped when she was confronted with a horde of hungry bunnies. I loved that their cuteness was a language of its own. It was an interesting choice to have the horse actually be the one to defeat the bunnies, but it worked. I'm glad that they are experimenting with using the secondary characters as a bigger part of the story so that they avoid writing the same book over and over again. Love this series!