The Lost Princess (Celeste and Carmel Buckingham book)

The Lost Princess
Author Celeste and Carmel Buckingham
Illustrator Georgina Soar
Country Slovakia
Language English
Genre Children's literature
Publisher Divis-Slovakia
Publication date
 October 1, 2007
Media type Print: Paperback
Pages 69
ISBN 978-809-6935-45-1
810

The Lost Princess is a children's picture book by Celeste and Carmel Buckingham, published on October 1, 2007 on Divis-Slovakia. Accompanied with illustrations by Georgina Soar,[1][2] the work credited to the both artists has been released as their official debut. The fairy tale includes such literary genre as fantasy, featuring also elements of adventure novel and mystery fiction. The main story itself, it revolves around friendship, love and family determination. As such, the work is notable due to its resemblance with a novel of the similar title, The Lost Princess of Oz (1917), written by the American author L. Frank Baum for the Oz series.

Background

Before engulfing themselves in a musical career, which later became a subject of a significance for the older, Celeste,[3][4] the sisters had created in common a fairy tale that also made their initial exposure in public. However primarily based in Slovakia since 1999,[5] their literary output was to be written in their native English[1][2] as a result of their father, Thomas Buckingham,[5][6] who is a native-born citizen of the United States.[5][7] The official release of their work was eventually accompanied with illustrations by Georgina Soar, while published on October 1, 2007 by Divis-Slovakia.[1][2] Although, neither of the artists pursued their one-off interest in this genre, the Buckinghams would continued in creative writing even later, yet solely by means of pop lyrics and in addition to their own music.[8] Some of their further results appeared on the Celeste's debut album, Don't Look Back (2012), issued on EMI Czech Republic.[9]

90 years after the release of the Baum's Lost Princess (1917) that featured twelve pen-and-ink drawings by John R. Neill,[10] the sisters Buckingham revised the Oz book for their own output, illustrated by Georgina Soar.[1]

Inspiration

The plot of the book in some ways bears a resemblance to the 11th canonical "Oz" book, The Lost Princess of Oz (1917), originally invented by L. Frank Baum.

Reception

Editorial reviews

The editorial review of the work printed on the back cover, it described the child authors as "sisters who were eleven and nine when they wrote this book. Both are Americans but live with their parents in the Slovak Republic. Celeste attends middle school [Forel International School[5][7]] and loves dancing, swimming, music and reading. Carmel is in the fifth grade and loves fairy-tales and reading."[1][2]

Others

On October 7, 2007, following the book's original issue as a paperback edition, Thomas A. Buckingham contributed with his own short summary. For the Amazon.com online bookstore web, their father wrote: "This fairy tale was written by 2 sisters aged 11 and 8. The story is about the kidnapping of the younger of 2 sisters and how the older sister is able to find her and bring her back to her family. The characters have many adventures and go thru [sic] many difficulties before their family is reunited. The characters must grow and become stronger thru [sic] these difficulties. This story will appeal to all children."[2]

See also

References

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Specific
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Buckingham, Celeste; Buckingham, Carmel; (Illustrated by Georgina Soar) (2007-10-01). The Lost Princess (PAPERBACK). Divis-SLOVAKIA (1st ed.) (Slovakia: Divis-SLOVAKIA, spol. s r.o). p. 69. ISBN 978-809-6935-45-1. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Buckingham, Thomas A. (2007-10-07). "The Lost Princess > Customers Reviews". Amazon.com. amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  3. ↑ "Celeste Buckingham: Speváčka a bohémka, ktorá vyskakuje z okien a prechádza sa v meste bosá". Markíza (in Slovak). MARKÍZA - SLOVAKIA, spol. s r.o.,. 2012-10-11. markiza.sk. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  4. ↑ "Celeste Rizvana Buckingham: Finalistka Česko Slovenskej SuperStar" (in Slovak). Azet.sk, a. s. osobnost.aktuality.sk. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Zostali u nás: Buckingham zo Záhoria". Život (in Slovak) 9. Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia, a.s. 2009. zivot.azet.sk. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  6. ↑ Becan, Tibor; Benko, Vlado Jr (2011-04-22). "Exfinalistka Celeste Buckingham: Koniec hviezdnej kariéry?". Nový čas (in Slovak). Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia, a.s. cas.sk. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Dugovičová, Kristína (2011-04-22). "Sebavedomá". Plus 7 dní (in Slovak). SPOLOČNOSŤ 7 PLUS, s.r.o. plus7dni.pluska.sk. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  8. ↑ Červinková, Radka (2013-03-04). "Mám v plánu uspět jako světová zpěvačka, věří si sedmnáctiletá Celeste". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). MAFRA, a.s. ona.idnes.cz. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  9. ↑ Buckingham, Celeste (2012). Don't Look Back (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in English and Slovak). Celeste Buckingham. Czech Republic/Slovakia: CB/EMI Records.
  10. ↑ Baum, L. Frank; Neill, John R. "Books > The Lost Princess of Oz". HarperCollins. News Corporation. harpercollins.com. Retrieved 2013-03-16.

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