FOR TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS

Diane Mae Robinson is the recipient of six prestigious writing awards for her fantasy adventure children’s chapter book series, The Pen Pieyu Adventures. The author has created a world full of delightful, zany characters, while embracing the traditional values of kindness, understanding, and acceptance of others to create a story with the humorous essence of Shrek.
 
Children will embrace Petra Longstride’s values through her actions and problem solving skills when (in book one) she faces a nasty dragon, a bully, and a dueling prince who wants to take over her kingdom; when (in book two) she faces the challenges of attaining a talent certificate at Talent School and exploring unexplored lands; and when (in book three) she decides to forfeit an important personal mission to help out friends.

AWARDS For Sir Princess Petra – The Pen Pieyu Adventures (book 1)
2012 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award (Literary Arts),medal and $10,000.00
2012 Purple Dragonfly Book Award in the Children's Chapter Book category, 2nd place
2013 Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards, Honorable Mention Grades K – 3rd category
2013 Sharp Write Book Award, 1st place
 
AWARDS for Sir Princess Petra’s Talent – The Pen Pieyu Adventures (book 2)
 2014 Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards, Bronze medal Grades 4th – 6th category
2015 Children’s Literary Classics Seal of Approval

Teacher’s Lesson Plan, Grade Level 4,  

Sir Princess Petra – The Pen Pieyu Adventures (book one).

Author Visits
The author is available for school visits, library visits, and literary forums. An author visit can include: author talk, book reading, question and answer session, and book signing.

The author will also do online-interactive presentations. Please contact the author by email or with your specific requirements.

robinsondiana1193@yahoo.com

Natalie Schembri, The University of Manitoba Book Reviews
4 Stars/ 4 Stars
“I highly recommend Sir Princess Petra for school, public, and personal library collections. Sir Princess Petra is an empowering story, a delightfully imaginative read and re-read, a tale that invites the reader on a fearless journey towards friendship and self-discovery.”

Full review here
 

Rating: 5.0 stars
Reviewed by Author Anna del C. Dye for Readers Favorite
The 'Pen Pieyu Adventures', of which "Sir Princess Petra" is one of the books, will provide hours of good, clean reading for your elementary school children. It is well-conceived and nicely written for their age level. I would recommend it for elementary school children, their teachers and parents alike. Well done.
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Rating: 5.0 stars
Reviewed by Brenda Ballard for Readers Favorite
This is a great book for elementary schools and public libraries. I would highly recommend this for gifts, regardless of the time of year.
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Midwest Book Review
"Sir Princess Petra: The Pen Pieyu Adventures" is a maverick fantasy, illustrated chapter book for tweens. Princess Petra of the kingdom of Pen Pieyu requests an unusual birthday present from her parents the king and queen: to become a knight! Although her request alarms her parents, they can find no legal objection, so the king proclaims Princess Petra must choose an act of bravery from the royal list of deeds, in order to become a knight of the kingdom. Her choices are: "to capture a crocodile and make his skin into a royal leather chair, to hush the howling nasty dragon Snarls in the Forest of Doom, or to eat a roomful of raw onions(p.13)."

The princess eliminates both onions and crocodile and decides upon the quest to hush Snarls, the nasty dragon in the Forest of Doom. Armed with pots and pans and cutlery from the pantry, Princess Petra sets off. What will happen on this unpredictable princess/knightly adventure? Packed with plot twists and turns, unexpected obstacles and problems, and brilliant flashes of humor and originality, "Sir Princess Petra" charms and entrances the reader.

Enhanced by frequent expressive black and white drawings, the six chapters of "Sir Princess Petra" move swiftly to a satisfying conclusion. Kids age 10 and up will love the rebel heroine and her dragon rehabilitation skills."

 
Sue Morris, Kid Lit Reviews
5 stars / 5 stars
 ...Sir Princess Petra is one of those stories that will appeal to most everyone. It is charmingly funny."

Full review here

Erik, This Kid Reviews Books
5 bookworms / 5 bookworms
"I like this book because it has a great story line and a great message about believing in yourself. This book is an awesome beginning chapter book and a great read aloud."

Full review here

 
Renee Hand, The Crypto-Capers Review
5 Stars/ 5 Stars
Princess Petra was no ordinary princess. Nope, she didn't like girly things at all. What she wanted was to become a knight. Well, the chance for a girl to become a knight was slim but within her grasp. Her father allows her to try by fighting a dragon named Snarls to stop him from howling at the moon, keeping them all up at night.
 
Where other knights have failed, Petra succeeds. She shows the reader that we don't have to fight someone in order to win. Sometimes just treating someone with respect by listening to what they have to say and then coming up with an agreeable solution is enough.
 
Given the fact that Petra comes across some interestingly strange new friends, she shows the reader how to respect and appreciate an individuals uniqueness. Together, they start a new wave of acceptance in her father's kingdom.
 
Ms. Robinson has created an interesting and delightful tale about acceptance and understanding. Her characters are fun and children will enjoy the spunkyness of Petra. She shows common sense and reason, unlike her father who would rather use brute strength and malice to solve problems. Children will see how problems can be solved in different ways.
 
Children 7 and up will love this unique 68 page chapter book. Children will be anxiously awaiting the other books in The Pen Pieyu Adventure series, wondering what Petra will be up to next.

 
Elaine Ouston, Author
5 stars/ 5 stars
Your children will love this book.

Petra is a princess – but not just an ordinary princess. Petra has ambitions. Bored with her usual gifts of frocks and jewels, when her birthday comes around and she can choose what she wants, Petra decides she want to be a Royal Knight. Her astounded parents turn to the royal rulebook to find a way out of the dilemma. But alas, there is no rule that says she cannot be a knight.

Hoping to discourage her, her father tells her of the challenges she must face to achieve her lofty ambition. To his utter amazement, she decides that she would rather hush the howling dragon in the Forest of Doom than one of the other alternatives – eat a roomful of raw onions.

How Petra completes this deed and the events that follow will have the reader laughing and cringing in turn. Sir Princess Petra is an enchanting, fun story that I’m sure children will love.

But it is a fun story with a deep message. It is a story of belief in yourself, courage to face adversity to achieve what you want to be, and how kindness and understanding are better than brute force and fighting.

The writing is lively and well executed and the illustrations are skillfully drawn and add to the story’s appeal. I will certainly be buying this book for my granddaughter. She will love it.
 
 
Stacey Theis, Interviewer/Book Reviewer at Beachboundbooks
5 stars/ 5 stars
Sir Princess Petra by Diane Mae Robinson is a charming story that teaches children that friendship and acceptance are often times your best weapon. . .

This is a tale full of adventure and humor witha charismatic main character who has a lot of heart.

Full review here


Ian S. Rutter, Author, Faeries of Birchover Wood
5stars/ 5 stars
What a wonderful story. You don't get many books that can teach qualities such as respect, friendship and trust. This book does that simply by showing through a lovely story.

The author has a great gift at story telling, without telling you how or what you should do to learn the skills that the story teaches. The main character of the book, Petra, shows you what to do when she is placed in certain situations which require her to use her head and not her makeshift sword.

We can all learn something from this story. If you have children, I encourage you to get a copy of this book and read it to them.

I hope there are many more Petra adventures in the future.

This book is next to my copy of Aesop's Fables.


Rating: 5.0 stars
Reviewed by Darin Godby for Reader's Favorite

Diane Mae Robinson delivers a very interesting and spell-binding book in "Sir Princess Petra."
This is a book of courage for every young boy or girl to not give up on their dreams and press on unhindered.

http://readersfavorite.com/review/7481

Rating: 5.0 stars
Reviewed by Anastacia Hawkins for Readers' Favorite

"Sir Princess Petra" is a delightful story for children aged 4-8. Ms. Robinson has created a fun and entertaining story that also teaches children the importance of kindness, courage, remaining true to yourself, and following your dreams no matter the obstacles that get in your way.

http://readersfavorite.com/review/7481

Rating: 4.5 stars / 5 stars
Reviewed by: John L. Hoh, Jr. Book Ideas.com

Sometimes a kids book comes along that turns convention on its ear. This is one such book. Meet Petra, who is not an ordinary princess. You see Petra has ambition. I enjoyed this fun story that had a deeper message. Petra believed in herself, with courage she faced adversity and dangers, and she achieved her goals. The book also has messages of kindness and understanding winning out over brute force and fighting. The writing was at a good pace. The illustrations were well done and aided in the telling of the story.

http://bookideas.com/reviews/index.cfm?fuseaction=displayReview&id=6803  
 

Rating: 5.0 stars
Reviewed by Stephanie Dagg for Readers' Favorite
 
Although it is a fairy tale, there is substance to the story. At its heart is an unconventional heroine who constantly has to face up to the rules that everyone else accepts blindly. Petra does things her way and with panache. This is a bright and breezy book, buoyed up by its humor and general pleasantness.

http://readersfavorite.com/review/7481 
 

Rating: 5 stars
Reviewed by Samantha Bates, The Book Corner
 
This is quite a short story with chapters, and is perfect for young independent readers. This will appeal to a range of children young to older.

This is a story of achievement and belief in yourself. Just because Petra is a girl this does not stop her from doing what is seen as a boy’s job. This is a powerful message to children and encourages them to follow what they believe in.There are many words in the story that stimulate discussion for younger readers, which helps them to develop their vocabulary.

http://mrsbbooks2011.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/sir-princess-petra-diane-mae-robinson.html

Rating: 5 stars
Barbara Ann Majica Bamauthor.me

Petra provides an outstanding role model for young boys and girls for she has many lessons of courage, friendship and character to teach them. She and the other quirky characters in this book possess a delightful sense of humor. Looking forward to reading more of The Pen Pieyu Adventures from this talented new author.

Full review here: http://bamauthor.me/2014/01/05/a-princess-with-pizazz/