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4.38 AVERAGE
4.38 AVERAGE
A refreshing change from the typical princess stories with which little girls are inundated.
Clever princess rescues her prince from an evil dragon and discovers that he is only interested in a "real" princess (i.e., one dressed properly). So she doesn't marry him after all. I appreciate that Princess Elizabeth uses her wits to outsmart the dragon and that the final picture has her skipping off into the sunset, happy as can be, after telling Prince Ronald off. Simple, humorous illustrations with bright, bold colors help tell the story - Ronald's bored, disinterested look at the beginning, the dragon's exhaustion after being tricked by Elizabeth. Good messages about inner worth vs. outward appearances, gender roles/feminism, and brains vs. brawn.
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Classic story that seems as fresh today as it was 40 years ago! A must-have for any children's collection - library or personal. Just a lovely book for gifting.
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the paper bag princees is so strong and it teaches a very good lesson. Is that you might have to work very hard to get what you want and then you don't want it. very good book!
One of the original princess empowerment stories. Love it.
Fun illustrations, cute story, plucky heroine, annoying prince.
If I had first read this when it first came out (1980) I would undoubtedly have given it 5 stars. Today, there are so many books available that encourage freethinking, freewheeling, strong girls, that this story comes off a little flat.
I still really liked it, but my 7 year old thought it was a little boring. It just didn't resonate with her in the same way that some newer stories with similar themes do. Also, the ending just felt a little abrupt. Just as the ending of "they got married and lived happily ever after" is jarring and unsatisfying, so is "they didnt get married and she was happy"
it needs a little bit of a wrap up.
"so she rebuilt her castle, with the help of her new friend, Dragon, and had lots of parties where she did NOT invite the prince. The end."
If I had first read this when it first came out (1980) I would undoubtedly have given it 5 stars. Today, there are so many books available that encourage freethinking, freewheeling, strong girls, that this story comes off a little flat.
I still really liked it, but my 7 year old thought it was a little boring. It just didn't resonate with her in the same way that some newer stories with similar themes do. Also, the ending just felt a little abrupt. Just as the ending of "they got married and lived happily ever after" is jarring and unsatisfying, so is "they didnt get married and she was happy"
it needs a little bit of a wrap up.
"so she rebuilt her castle, with the help of her new friend, Dragon, and had lots of parties where she did NOT invite the prince. The end."
Christmas is a great day to read childhood favourites, and this is for sure one of my faves!
To be honest, I'm not sure I got the moral here. Maybe, don't let anyone make you feel bad about yourself. A princess decided to live differently bc of a snooty prince's teasing. And she toughened up. There might be a little 'girl power ' message in here too, with a side of - 'honey you're too young to be worrying about that now', and finally some - 'don't bullies just suck'?