Return to the Ice Palace

Reviewed by: Deidre Walsh - Goodall Library, Sanford, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 11, 2016

Review

Frozen fans rejoice. The popular Anna & Elsa chapter books continue. In an effort to impress some visitors, Anna & Queen Elsa take them up the mountain to their beautiful ice palace. But Elsa's snowgies (baby snowmen) have take over the ice palace. The snowgies proceed to cause mischief and light-hearted mayhem the entire time the royal sisters and their visitors are at the ice palace. Will the visit be a success or will it end in embarrassment for Anna & Elsa? This is a light and easy chapter book for strong second graders through fourth graders. It is not great literature. But it is a solid and fun read for its target audience of 6-10 year old boys and girls. It is also a good read aloud for the younger Frozen fans. The chapters are manageable in length and are peppered with black and white illustrations. I am not sure how the illustrations were created, but they appear to be black and white prints of color illustrations. They flow with the story and provide a break in the reading for less confident readers. The main theme in this addition, as with all of the Anna & Elsa chapter books in this series, is that the bond of sisters is very important and that working together is important as well. This series is decently priced so it would make a good purchase for many libraries. A must purchase for libraries with a strong Frozen fan base and for libraries who have other titles in this series.

Overall Book Score: good