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teganbeesebooks's review
4.0
Cute story about Aurora growing up with her fairy aunts. Helps teach important lessons about following rules, but also growing up and experiencing the world.
magicalbookthieves's review
5.0
A lesson in truth and growing. I love how this was a story from when Princess Aurora was still young and trying to understand the restrictions placed on her life. How doing the hardest thing sometimes is the best thing.
vivsreadinglists's review
5.0
i love this short story so much! it tells the story of young princess aurora, before the "movie" storyline (I don't know if that makes sense).
i was hit by a wave of nostalgia when aunt flora, fauna and merryweather's names came up. and the quaint little cottage? it made me want to rewatch the movie again.
in this story, we can see aurora making a new friend, and possibly her only friend before she met the prince (if this storyline has any connections at all with the movie, i don't know, but i'd love to see it work).
and she was able to join in grace's (the new friend) community for a few days...by switching places with grace. they're smart young girls and it's so cool to see how they're written as these mature, yet also still playful children.
i enjoyed the storyline a lot, but what made me think about this short story afterwards was this: maleficent is an evil fairy and in grace's and aurora's understanding, she's a myth / legend.
it was odd seeing as maleficent would be the one cursing aurora as she grew older, and a real being at that.
i definitely want to rewatch all The Sleeping Beauty franchise now. especially the original film!
i was hit by a wave of nostalgia when aunt flora, fauna and merryweather's names came up. and the quaint little cottage? it made me want to rewatch the movie again.
in this story, we can see aurora making a new friend, and possibly her only friend before she met the prince (if this storyline has any connections at all with the movie, i don't know, but i'd love to see it work).
and she was able to join in grace's (the new friend) community for a few days...by switching places with grace. they're smart young girls and it's so cool to see how they're written as these mature, yet also still playful children.
i enjoyed the storyline a lot, but what made me think about this short story afterwards was this: maleficent is an evil fairy and in grace's and aurora's understanding, she's a myth / legend.
it was odd seeing as maleficent would be the one cursing aurora as she grew older, and a real being at that.
i definitely want to rewatch all The Sleeping Beauty franchise now. especially the original film!
libraryrobin's review
2.0
Fairly long chapter book for middle grades. Vocabulary and complicated plot make this a good choice for advanced readers in lower elementary grades.
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