It's a cute story. The main character sets out to discover what it truly means to be a princess and learns that it’s not about sparkly dresses or fancy crowns, but about kindness, courage, and helping others.

With charming illustrations and a positive message, this book is perfect for young readers who love fairy tales but also want to see strong, thoughtful characters. A sweet and inspiring read that encourages kids to shine from the inside out.

My daughter has become a little reader like me and it makes my reader heart so happy. We try to read a book of some kind every night. Now she’s only 5 so she cant read just yet, but we love to find good cute books to read before bedtime. This book has quickly became a favorite of ours so much that’s in been added into our nightly book rotation when we do read together.

Are YOU a Princess By Heidi Zhang
⭐ Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Quick Summary (Spoiler-Free!)

This is an adorable heartwarming book about a young girl who learns about the values and sense of self purpose in life. When she wants to be a princess like the other girls in her class, she learns about her purpose for herself and those around her. I was able to read this with my daughter and she loved it.



What I Loved:

Favorite element #1 I love the illustrations! Beautiful and colorful, and you can really see all of the detail in each picture.

Favorite element #2 Kindness. My daughter pointed out the kindness, and I loved how it showed different ways to be a kind person.

Favorite element #3 I loved the Cultural and culinary diversity. My daughter and I are now looking up new recipes to try that we have read about in the book.

What My Daughter Didn’t Love:

“ Those girls are bullies, not princesses “ is what my daughter pointed out while reading the part about the girls who were being mean. She had very strong feelings about it, and loved that Sophie and her actual friends shared their foods with each other.


Final Thoughts:

This book was a perfect way to bring in different conversations of how we as people need to be kind and thoughtful, and that even one person can make a big difference. My daughter loved it so much, it’s currently in our rotation of nightly reads. The illustrations are beautiful, colorful and bright, and we plan on buy a few other copies for my daughters friends for their birthdays.

Heidi Zhang's 'Are YOU a Princess?' is an adorable story about Sophie, a girl who wants nothing more than to be a princess. She learns that being a princess is not about appearances, but about what comes from within.

With the use of a diverse cast of characters and beautiful illustrations (by Gin Tran), we follow Sophie while she learns what truly matters in life. This message is conveyed clearly and I think it is something great to teach children. I also love that there are reading comprehension questions. Not only does this help children's reading comprehension from a young age, but it helps to get the message of the book across even more.

While I thought the page about the different kind of dumplings was thought=provoking, I think it was a bit random in the book. It does not really add to the main message/plot and the book feels too short to both. It kind of got me out of the book for a little bit.

Overall, I really enjoyed this story and I can't wait to show it to my niece.

A heartwarming tale about a little girl who learns what really matters in life. Wanting to buy a princess dress, a little girl starts her own boba stand to pay for it, so she can be like the other pretty girls. But when someone she loves needs help, the little girl uses her money to help instead. This one is a story about how to overcome needing to be like everyone else and finding out what is truly important. The art is reminiscent of Disney in the best way.

This sweet children's book was a wonderful story about a little girl who works hard to be a princess. I loved how this book celebrated different cultures and reversed some of the classic Asian stereotypes with food in order to shine light on other cultures and normalize Asian food. The dumplings of other cultures page made me smile because I had the same thought!! I also loved how the main character grows and does a noble deed to help someone in her community that she looks up to. I teared up at the ending of this story. I would read this to my young students!

This book was adorable. The illustrations sold it for me. I enjoyed them a lot. There was diversity and representation in every page.

The story on the other hand was confusing. It seemed like there were multiple stories going on but none of them went very far. If this book would have focused on one story, it would have been perfect. Still a very cute book, though.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC!

Are You a Princess by Heidi Zhang gives a primary message of being kind to others.

With its cute illustrations, Sophie shows readers that to be a princess, one doesn't need to have a pretty princess dress; rather, being kind and helpful to others is what makes one a true princess.

Really cute story about speaking your mind and staying true to yourself and your beliefs. The illustrations were also well done!

Sophie is every little girl who wants something beautiful. She works for what she wants but is also the very embodiment of kindness which is what sets her apart and makes her special. Wonderful!
The illustrations by Gin Tran are simple, brightly colored, and convey more than the words do.
Well suited for reading WITH someone any age including ESL, and great for gifting to everyone, but especially to a school, waiting room, or your local public library.
I requested and received a temporary uncorrected proof on PDF from BooksGoSocial via NetGalley. ***** review #NetGalley
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A heart-warming and lovely book which shares the loving story of a girl whose biggest dream is to be what she believes is a princess.

The book has great diversity and a golden heart teaching the reader the importance of hard work to get what you want. The art work is beautifully designed to engage the reader and supports the story beautifully.

The writing is easy to understand and access. A lovely story to share with young readers at bedtime.

I liked the drawings in the book. Especially the food, got a bit hungry over that. However, also the story is really nice. It is so important for children to learn and see what's really important in life, with limitations as of own welfare, and that not every family can afford everything. Or as to the food, that every family/culture has it's own traditions.

I received an ARC of this book from Net Galley in exchange for a review. I really liked this story! I liked the many messages about kindness, working hard for something you want, and not caring what others think.

My 5 year old said “I liked that she did something kind. It was good and I liked it.”

Thank you so much to Melting Pot Books / Booksgosocial and Netgalley for the ebook to read and review.

Sophie wants a princess dress just like her best friends have, but they are expensive. She decides to set up a Boba stall next to her mama’s van and Abuelita Lola’s fruit stall. She’s so excited when she has the money, but soon she realises that Abuelita Lola is missing and chooses to use her money for something better.

This was honestly so beautiful, it was rich with different cultures, so diverse, I also liked how friendly everyone was to each other. From sharing the differences in the food they ate, to the money and lifestyles they each have, I really liked that it shared each persons differences in a positive way.

Sophie was so precious, she knew her mama couldn’t buy her the dress she wanted, so she earns it herself knowing that it’s exactly what she sees her mama do daily. I loved how she spotted similarity to each of the children’s meals and how lovely and caring she was for Abuelita Lola. A really happy wonderful story, a perfect read with young children, it’s got a sweet message and a sweet story, with beautiful illustrations on each page.

Are YOU a Princess is a wonderful children's picture book about a young girl who embarks upon the quest to become a princess. She admires her friends who dress up in beautiful dresses from Lacy's and speaks with them at school about the magnificent lunches either made for them or brought to school after being purchased at fancy restaurants. With lovingly inspired and created illustrations and a charming story about the personal quest of a special character who longs to look like and become a princess, Are YOU a Princess is a truly special story book which will surely promote literacy among young readers. Young girls will adore reading this book and learning that while all girls can become princesses, sometimes it is even better to become a wonderful friend.

A simple story, but one suitably bursting with good intentions. Sophie can see the common things we all share, as well as our differences – others at her school are less forthcoming with manners and politeness and so on. But her heart is set on a grand princess dress, like the posh stuck-ups at school wear – so she works hard with a boba tea stand to earn the money for it. Then comes bad news, but not something that will affect her and her dress, surely?

Well it will if she is as generous and charitable as this makes out. It is a little OTT and unrealistic in that regard, but it is a warm-hearted piece bursting with colour, taking the ethnicity of the characters and the Hollywoodesque setting and making everything a positive element to the book. It may be a touch too simple and obvious to demand many re-reads, but it is a strong four stars, at least on the first time round.

This story is about a sweet child named Sophie who longs to buy a pretty princess dress. She soon realizes that dresses alone don't make one a prince or princess. It is in being kind and selfless that makes one a true princess.

This book with its cute illustrations gives the message in being kind to others.

I will say the first thing that peak my interest with this book was the cover because the illustration of the girl in it looks so much like my five year old daughter. And we could relate a lot to the story as our family is both of asian and hispanic descent. I like the showing of the different dumplings and how Sophie wanted to work hard for what she wanted. And despite being so young she understood how important was to be kind and care for others.

Thank you to NetGalley and BookGoSocial for this ARC, all opinions are mine own.

An ADORABLE children’s book on the importance of kindness to others, and that the true meaning of being a princess (or prince) is compassion and empathy for others. Gorgeous illustrations and I really enjoyed reading this to my littlest one.

So cute! My daughter loved it! Quick and fast too for bed time! Such a special story about working for things you want but also helping your neighbors and those around you.

Thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for giving me an Advance Reader Copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
This was such a cute book about a little girl who dreams of being a princess. She really wants a fancy princess dress from Lacy’s, but her family can’t afford it so she opens up a boba stand to raise money to buy herself the dress. She runs the stand while standing up to bullying in her class and helping out an elderly lady in her community. This book will teach kids the importance of how you’re on the inside and not the outside is what really matters and what really counts is being kind. This was an amazing book!