Barbie: Thumbelina

Barbie

by Diane Wright Landolf

BarbieTM presents the beautiful and tiny Thumbelina in a new rendition of the classic children’s story.

This Step 2 book follows the story of the movie, using basic vocabulary and short sentences.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 13, 2009

Reviews

[Tricia · Rating 1 out of 5]

ehhh. just ehhh. i know that easy readers sometimes leave much to be desired just based on their limited wordability (i know that's not a word)...but YAWN! adapted from screenplay...won't miss not seeing the movie if this is any indication.

[Molly · Rating 1 out of 5]

yuck, blah, icky, gag. Why did I read that? Awful. Ages 5+

[Kathy · Rating 2 out of 5]

This must be a movie to book adaptation for beginning readers. Not my favorite kind of book as the story is so choppy.

[Lorena · Rating 1 out of 5]

My goodness! These books are great to read with Isabella because of word recognition and what-not, but boy they are plot-less and confusing!

[Rommel Sison]

6-year-old daughter: 5 stars
5-year-old daughter: 4 stars

[Asho · Rating 1 out of 5]

These kinds of books drive me crazy, and I'm so glad I'm on my last kid young enough to enjoy easy readers based on TV shows or movies. These books are always irritating for me to read aloud, and the stories are always so dull to me. But F (almost 5) enjoyed the illustrations a lot and kept telling me how pretty the fairies are. She picked this out as one of 5 free books from our local reading room. I tried to encourage some other choices, but I also know it's important to let kids read what they want to read, especially when they're first venturing into easy readers. Still, I'll be so glad when the easy readers are finally behind us for good!

[J.]

J read June 2020

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an easy reader based on the movie. Since it's written in easy reader style in short, simple sentences leaves a bit out. Words are simple, hardest words are the names. Pages are about 1-3 sentences long, 3-8 word sentences on average. Each page has a picture, a cartoon from the movie. Pictures are bright and cute. Story line is about Thumbelina and her fellow Twillerbees live in a field that's going to be ripped up to build a factory. Thumbelina meets the daughter of the man building the factory and they become friends as Thumbelina tries to convince her to stop the bulldozing. My daughter enjoyed it, and loved reading it on her own.

[Edma · Rating 3 out of 5]

The beautiful story of thumbelina takes us to another kind of world, where even little ones can do big things. An amazing story for kids that shouldn't be let unread.

[Greisi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!5/5