Diana Princess of the Amazons

I believe that Comic Books should be inclusive to people with reduced vision as a benchmark. This comic book is tiny and the font is tiny (like size 8) and reading it is pain for someone with 20/20 vision let alone anyone with a vision impairment like my child...

My daughter, not an enthusiastic reader, read through this quickly and really enjoyed it. (I’m sure it would also be ideal for 7 and 8 year olds given that my daughter is not a big reader. ) Now she’s asking for more books in the series. Please work on that Sharon Hale! :) (She’s already read all the Princess in Black books)

Bought for my mighty girl niece. She loved it. Aged 8

“Diana – Princess of the Amazons” is a 128-page graphic novel for kids (it says DC Kids on the back cover) in four chapters, though you can knock off a couple of pages for the chapter-breaks.The preachy grown-ups are in the book, telling the young princess what to do without actually connecting with her on a personal level – the ‘magic’ of having a baby/young girl has worn off and the immortal Amazons are back to being busy with their repetitive daily routines (which is what life is all about in a pre-industrial society – new-agers take note), which means that Diana’s life is now mostly empty and repetitive too.As a hero, Diana cannot become a delinquent on her own account, as normal humans, condemned to an eternity of boredom and intellectual stagnation may do, especially when they are children, without the experience or even ability to think their way out of the situation.Fortunately, Diana hits on the idea of taking some clay and making herself a playmate, as her mother once did to create her (though, as we now know, that was just a cover-story for her real origin – see the New 52 Wonder Woman series for that).Spoiler Alert - this leads to the creation of Mona, a companion who is the mischievous delinquent that Diana is not allowed to become, but serves as the surrogate for this natural human development when children are not given the proper attention and support they need.Soon, Mona is leading Diana into mischief, vandalism and, well, spoilers.Anyway, this is actually a well-constructed story about the problems of childhood development – for both sides of the equation, parents take note – as well as an excellent Wonder Woman story (Wonder Tot? Wonder Girl? This Diana is somewhere between the two Silver Age character we old people remember from out childhoods), as the ‘real’ plot soon emerges, and old characters from Wonder Woman’s future adventures make their appearance and we are off into a classic Wonder Woman story, with added moral lessons for the children reading this.Anyway, let this be a lesson (or “learning experience”) for parents and children alike. It takes two to make a delinquent…PS: It is an entertaining book for grown-ups too.

9 year old daughter, whilst initially resistant, once she discovered the colourful pages inside was hooked and couldn’t put the book down until it was finished (despite my suggests to save some for later).