I was surprised this wasn’t a Zondervan title. Unfortunately, terrible fantastical things keep happening to Mabelrose, but she keeps a good attitude and a strong prayer life throughout it. The artwork gave me a nostalgic anime Newgrounds feeling that’s mostly nice. Backgrounds are very nice and add to the world. There’s also lore/a difference between anthropomorphic characters and talking animals here.

Even though this had a dragon and talking magical creatures, it couldn’t keep my interest and I skimmed the last few pages. Sometimes, the text was overly crammed too. The plot points just moved too fast and Mabelrose was boring as a character. ( )

Extremely cute illustrations but a bland and trite story.

Appropriate for grades K through 6 because it is an easy read and all children will love the vivid graphics. The story is about a young princess named Mabelrose, who explores a magical land where she must be courageous and strong in order to defeat trolls, a dragon, and a tiger king. Her bravery and strength gain her the respect and friendship of people and magical creatures alike, as well as help her find her way home. Addresses courage, bravery, exploration, determination, respect, and friendship. In younger grades, use for read alouds and follow-up activities about courage ans bravery. In older grades, have students read independently and write their own graphic novels.

This book tells the story of princess Mabelrose and all of her adventures. Even though she is not the "prettiest" princess, she is definitely the bravest. She faces all kinds of dangers and prevails through them all.

This graphic novel follows the exploits of Princess Mabelrose. She is taken by a dragon and locked in a tower. Instead of waiting for someone to rescue her though, Mabelrose sneaks out of the twoer herself and heads for home. She has many adventures. She even encounters a boar whom she kisses but does not turn into a prince. Mabelrose does not quite make it home, which leads us to believe there may be a sequel.

This was a cute book about a stron girl. It's one that I enjoyed looking at with my girls.

I would have students make a list of other similar stories. I would also have them make their won hort graphic novels with themselves as the heroes. ( )