Rapping Princess

Shiloh is a princess. Her family are all great musicians and singers – but Shiloh can’t sing a note. She feels like there must be something wrong with her until one day she hears a different kind of music and joins in. It takes wise words from others to learn to be proud of what she can do – even if it does mean she is a little bit different.

This is a bright and engaging picture book perfect for younger readers. The illustrations are bold and colourful and reflect the story being told effectively. The story is told in rhyme and has an easy-to-pick-up rhythm – making it a great story for retelling with help from children.

The story teaches that everyone has a talent to be discovered and that even if it isn’t the talent you expected it might still be something to be valued and shared.

My first thoughts on reading this story were that it could be used as part of music lessons. Children across the primary age range could create body percussion and untuned percussion compositions to accompany a reader as the story lends itself well to being told to a steady beat. It could also teach rhythm and rhyme as part of English lessons with key stage 1 children. As part of PSHE lessons, the story could be used to talk about children’s talents and things they are proud of.