Childrens Book Review – Phillipa Knickerbocker Glory

Description:- Phillipa Knickerbocker Glory is a beautifully illustrated children’s picture book targeted towards the 3-6-age range and is the debut picture book by published Children’s Author Sarahjane Funnell.

Phillipa loves ice cream. She loves ice cream almost as much as she loves her pet cat Little Miss Whiskers. Little Miss Whiskers is her fluffy white cat with a purple collar and bell. She doesn’t like ice cream at all but loves nothing more than to curl up into a ball and fall fast asleep on the end of Phillipa’s bed.

One day Phillipa Knickerbocker Glory and Little Miss Whiskers embark on a deliciously exciting journey. Through a secret tunnel, they enter a magical dreamland where they find the Ice Cream Castle and discover every flavour of ice cream imaginable. The Ice Cream Castle seems like a dream come true but will it be just how Phillipa imagined? With all that ice cream, will she and Little Miss Whiskers ever want to go home?

Find out just what happens in this deliciously delightful adventure…

Review:- I wasn’t sure about this book when I first received it, it looked very girly, very, very girly, so I didn’t expect the boys to want to read it with me, boy was I wrong. My oldest who is 5 and who’s favourite colour is pink absolutely loved it and wanted it read over and over again. 

The story is a good one about a girl who loves ice-cream and goes off on an ice-cream adventure, in which she gets to eat all the ice-cream she wants. She soon realises too much of a good thing isn’t all it’s cracked up to be and decides that she is too sick of ice-cream and moves onto something else. 

The pictures are delightful and work well in the book. The only thing I have to say is I think that the little girls name which is Phillipa Knickerbocker Glory is used way too many times. I am sure I counted it used three times in the one sentence. I ended up no longer saying her name and using she and her. Her cat’s name is also a bit of a mouthful as Little Miss Whiskers. If you can get over the long names, this is a delightful book one that little girls will adore. It’s all pink and she has a gorgeous tiara. But, it’s not just for little girls as my boys have proven, they love it just as much. 

It’s a great story for bedtime reading, short enough to keep them interested and not too long that it keeps a sleepy child awake longer than needed. Plus the children can relate to the gorgeous big ice-creams. 

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