| "A PRINCESS, A PIRATE, AND ONE WILD BROTHER (3 BOOKS IN 1)"
Author: Cornelia Funke
Illustrated By: Kerstin Meyer
Interest Level: Lower Grades (PreK-3)
ATOS Reading Levels: 3.1-4.3
AR Points: 0.5 each
Publisher Recommended Age: 4-8
Publsher: Scholastic/Chicken House
Pages: 83
Series Overview
Three modern-day classics in one keepsake edition! Featuring three classic storybooks ("The Princess Knight", "Pirate Girl", and "The Wildest Brother") by bestselling author Cornelia Funke and acclaimed illustrator Kerstin Meyer.
...Little Violetta trains in secret to become The Princess Knight. Fierce Molly is out to show ferocious Captain Firebeard and his motley crew just who really rules the high seas in Pirate Girl. And brave Ben, The Wildest Brother, battles moldy green ghosts and slime-belching monsters—until the sun goes down. That's when he seeks the protection of his big sister! Children everywhere will cheer for the feisty heroes in this happy collection. Meyer's witty artwork and Funke's perfect balance of humor and truth make it a treasury to cherish.
Books in the Series
The Princess Knight (Book #1)
A Fairy Tale for Tomboys!
The Washington Post: "Cornelia Funke has fun skewering the myth of the princess bride...Meyer's cartoon-style pictures are hilarious."
The New York Times: "Funk and Meyer have illuminated the age-old desire of some girls to do everything their big brothers can."
Pirate Girl (Book #2)
A Glorious High-Seas Adventure!
Newsday: "Girls get top billing in Cornelia Funke's surprise-ending tale..."
The Horn Book Magazine: "Come aboard for a rowdy, satisfying seafaring adventure!"
The Wildest Brother (Book #3)
Even the Bravest Boys Sometimes Need Their Big Sis!
The Chicago Tribune: "Kudos for celebrating the exciting fantasy play of boys."
About the Author
Cornelia Caroline Funke (born December 10, 1958, in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a multiple award-winning German author of children's fiction. She is best known for her Inkworld trilogy, with the English translation of the third, Inkdeath, to be released on October 7th. The Inkworld books have gained a variety of attention, and critics have praised Funke as the "German J. K. Rowling". Her books are very popular in her native country, and many have now been translated into English. Her work fits mainly into the fantasy and adventure genres. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
On her personal homepage, Funke states that the vital starting point for a good book is an "idea", and if that idea is worth it, to research on interesting topics which support the idea, and to search for appropriate places and characters. With ideas, she said that for her, "they come from everywhere and nowhere, from outside and inside. I have so many, I won`t be able to write them down in one lifetime."
The characters, Funke elaborates, "Mostly they step into my writing room and are so much alive, that I ask myself, where did they come from. Of course, some of them are the result of hard thinking, adding characteristics, manners, etc., but others are alive from the first moment they appear", and pointed out that Dustfinger from "Inkheart" was one of the most vivid characters who ever popped into her mind. For aspiring authors, Funke says: "Read – and be curious. And if somebody says to you: 'Things are this way. You can`t change it' - don`t believe a word."
Funke married printer Rolf Funke in 1981. They have two children, Anna (b. 1989) and Ben (b. 1994). For the next 24 years, the Funke family lived in Hamburg, before they moved to Los Angeles in May 2005. Rolf Funke died of colorectal cancer on 5 March 2006 in a Los Angeles hospital. |
