A review by auntbreesqreads
Abby in Wonderland (Whatever After Special Edition #1), Volume 1 by Sarah Mlynowski
3.0
I won this book in an Instagram giveaway hosted by Scholastic, Inc. I normally can't stand to read series out of order but since I won it and it's a children's book I figured it would be okay. This was a cute book and I'm a sucker for fairy tale retellings (although this seems to be the only book in the series that retells a children's book rather than a fairy tale). The over arching story line actually reminds me a lot of the Magic Treehouse books, which I loved growing up, except these focus on fairy tales instead of history (so a bit less educational).
My main complaint about this book is that I think the moral lessons could have been more subtle. I tend to find that children are less receptive to ideas that are shoved down their throat. I would have preferred for the children to be allowed to come to the lesson on their own. I guess that's not really unique to this children's book, though. The true test is this: Would I buy this for my nieces? Yeah, i'm honestly considering getting them the first book in the series to see how they like it.
My main complaint about this book is that I think the moral lessons could have been more subtle. I tend to find that children are less receptive to ideas that are shoved down their throat. I would have preferred for the children to be allowed to come to the lesson on their own. I guess that's not really unique to this children's book, though. The true test is this: Would I buy this for my nieces? Yeah, i'm honestly considering getting them the first book in the series to see how they like it.