His Royal Highness, King Baby : a terrible true story

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Title:

His Royal Highness, King Baby : a terrible true story

Author:

Lloyd-Jones, Sally, 1960- author.

Roberts, David, 1970- illustrator.

Summary:

On one horrible day, a new ruler is born into a young princess's family: a ruler she dubs His Royal Highness, King Baby. This small interloper is so smelly. He is so noisy. And all the talk in the Land is about him (Such a nice burp! Oh, what a lovely poo-poo!), nonstop, ALL THE TIME! Has there ever been such an era of wicked rule?

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.

Imagination -- Juvenile fiction.

Jealousy -- Juvenile fiction.

Infants -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Roberts, David, 1970-

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,

Publication Date:

2017

ISBN:

9780763697938

Publication Information:

Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017.

Call Number:

P LLOYD

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Summary

When an older sibling with a flair for the dramatic shares her kingdom with a baby tyrant, can there be a happily ever after?

Once upon a time there was a happy family: A mom, a dad, a gerbil, and the most beautifulest, cleverest, ever so kindest Princess. . . .

On one horrible day, a new ruler is born into a young princess's family -- a ruler she dubs His Royal Highness, King Baby. This small interloper is so smelly. He is so noisy. And all the talk in the Land is about him ("Such a nice burp!" "Oh, what a lovely poo-poo!"), nonstop, ALL THE TIME! Has there ever been such an era of wicked rule? With whimsy and sympathy, Sally Lloyd-Jones tells a satisfying tale of usurped attention -- and rapprochement -- that every big brother or sister will relate to, while illustrator David Roberts captures all the hilarious details of a child's active imagination.

Author Notes

Sally Lloyd-Jones is the author of several children's books, including Skip to the Loo, My Darling! A Potty Book and How to Be a Baby . . . by Me, the Big Sister, which was a New York Times bestseller. Sally Lloyd-Jones lives in New York City.

David Roberts is the illustrator of many books for children, including The Dunderheads, written by Paul Fleischman, which was short-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal; The Dumpster Diver, written by Janet S. Wong; and several acclaimed titles by Andrea Beaty, including Rosie Revere, Engineer and Ada Twist, Scientist . Born in Liverpool, he now lives in London.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

This displacement-themed fairy tale spoof is funny from the very first page, when Lloyd-Jones (Baby Wren and the Great Gift) introduces her fantasizing heroine as "the most beautifulest, cleverest, ever-so-kindest Princess with long, flowing wondrous hair," and Roberts (Ada Twist, Scientist) shows her wearing yellow tights on her head in an approximation of golden tresses. But happily-ever-after goes out the window with the arrival of a smelly, attention-grabbing baby brother, aka King Baby. As the girl bemoans her fate in storybook-style narration, the sly pen-and-watercolor pictures provide delicious comic counterpoint, from the 1970s-retro detailing (a wicker peacock chair stands in as throne) to panel sequences that mirror Roberts's crisp images with crayon-scrawled ones that reflect the girl's version of events. It takes the meltdown of King Baby at his first birthday party to trigger two epiphanies: she has magical powers to soothe him, and l'état, c'est moi can be true of brother-sister rulers. Comparisons to Kate Beaton's King Baby and Marla Frazee's The Boss Baby are natural, but Lloyd-Jones and Roberts's satire stands on its own. Ages 4-8. Author's agent: Elizabeth Harding, Curtis Brown. Illustrator's agency: Artist Partners. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.