Let's ride our ponies through
the countryside. The clover is
lovely this time of year.
Penny doesn't have a pony.
She has a turbocharged bike
with a real, working headlight."
They could not be more different. Their first time being together to play proves that. Each has a doll, similarly named. The girls' personalities are in full view from that first moment. A pearly pink bedroom replete with flowers, pillows, a tea table, and a castle mat is home to a young girl whose Princess Penelope doll is dressed in long gown, tiara and glass slippers. She wears a perpetual smile.
Her visitor wears jeans and a t-shirt. Her Penny doll is a secret agent, dressed in a motorcycle jacket, leather pants, boots and dark sunglasses.
The dolls' idea for an afternoon of play have little in common. While Princess Penelope is content with a tea party, Penny is 'on the lookout for danger'. When a ride in the country is suggested, Princess Penelope has a pony and Penny has a racing bike. It is quickly evident that these dolls have very different personalities, just as their owners do.
Illustrations brilliantly reflect those differences, while differently colored text provides context for each doll's response. When real danger, in the form of a werewolf, threatens, the two find common ground. Their imaginative play becomes ever more menacing. It doesn't take long for them to put their heads together to contain the danger and defeat their enemy.
"What are you doing?
Making a trap.
I didn't know you could do that.
Princesses are very resourceful.
I know how to tie a square knot.
Then you can help."
Clever, action-packed and imaginative, this is a story that will resonate with its intended audience.
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