Prilla And the Butterfly Lie (Disney Fairies)

by Kitty Richards

Book Overview

Prilla just can't say no. When Nettle asks her to join in on caterpillar sheering for the second day in a row, Prilla tells a little white lie she prefers butterflies to caterpillars. Then all the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0736424199
• ISBN13: 9780736424196
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Random House Childrens Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.6" x 0.4" x 5.2"

Customer Reviews

Fairy lessons on lying

From my 8 yr old daughter: It's really fun; a lot of wacky action from butterflies. I like it as much as the other Disney Fairy books. It teaches you a lesson about lying.

Great Present!

I have a 4.5 year old and we bought the Prilla doll and gave her the book with the doll. It's a fun book to sit and read a chapter together and so she gets to "know" her doll and she becomes more real. We liked the book so much my daughter gave her friend a copy for Christmas too! It's not an easy reader book, but it's a book that makes sitting and reading together so much fun, these stories are really good!

Prilla and the Butterfly Lie (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

We got this book for our 13yr. old Grandaughter for Christmas, VERY beautiful book!! She LOVES it too ;) Thanks for a GREAT book!!!

A magical delight

What a charming book! It features an engaging story, has some fine artwork and is printed with extra touches that respect its reader. It's sure to delight young girls. The story tells a gentle lesson about honesty. To avoid having to help her friend Nettle with the boring job of shearing caterpillars, the fairy Prilla tells a white lie and says that she likes butterflies better. This leads to a day of herding butterflies, when everything goes wrong. The best parts of the story, however, don't come from its plot, but its descriptions of the fairies' day-to-day lives. They use caterpillar fuzz for their clothing and bedding. Every morning, they each get a level teacup of fairy dust, which is "shivery and cool" as it settles on their heads and shoulders. The book is quality production in every way. The cover shows the redheaded fairy with her wings slightly textured and sprinkled with sparkles. The pages have a nice matte feel, and are sprinkled with intricate and delicate color illustrations. The Disney Fairies series presents an interesting, lovely fantasy world for young girls to imagine. It's not too sappy sweet, since the fairies do make mistakes and and one of them, Vidia, is a real snip.

Great story about telling the truth

This is a great story for teaching youth about the snowball effects of telling lies and how one should tell the truth from the start. My daughters thoroughly enjoyed this book not only because it is about her favorite fairies, but also because of the good story line. As a parent, I was able to transition it into a great lesson in telling the truth as well as teaching the value of learning appropriate measures of when it is okay to helpful and when it is okay to say no when one is overwhelmed.