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<b>Shannon Hale </b>and <b>Dean Hale </b>are the award-winning husband-and-wife team behind the Princess in Black series, illustrated by LeUyen Pham. Shannon Hale is also the author of the Newbery Honor novel <i>Princess Academy</i> as well as the <i>New York Times </i>best-selling series Ever After High. Shannon Hale and Dean Hale live in Salt Lake City, Utah. <b>LeUyen Pham </b>is the illustrator of many books for children, including <i>God s Dream </i>by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Douglas Carlton Abrams and <i>Aunt Mary s Rose </i>by Douglas Wood. LeUyen Pham lives in California.
The dual storylines keep the pace exciting, and--even though the heroine is sleepy--the art is energetic and charming. Princess Magnolia has fair skin, Duff's is a little bit darker, and the beachgoers are pleasingly diverse. As always, hilarious; perhaps the strongest Princess in Black outing since the first. --Kirkus Reviews Pham's expressive artwork appears on almost every page, effectively breaking up the text for emerging readers, as well as helping them to visualize the story details. Particularly amusing are the paired illustrations that compare the Goat Avenger and Duff. Recommend the PIB series to Kate DiCamillo's Mercy Watson graduates looking for a new fix. --Booklist Online The dual storylines keep the pace exciting, and even though the heroine is sleepy the art is energetic and charming. Princess Magnolia has fair skin, Duff's is a little bit darker, and the beachgoers are pleasingly diverse. As always, hilarious; perhaps the strongest Princess in Black outing since the first. Kirkus Reviews Pham s expressive artwork appears on almost every page, effectively breaking up the text for emerging readers, as well as helping them to visualize the story details. Particularly amusing are the paired illustrations that compare the Goat Avenger and Duff. Recommend the PIB series to Kate DiCamillo s Mercy Watson graduates looking for a new fix. Booklist Online
