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I liked the idea of this book--a plucky princess uses her cunning to trick a dragon and save her prince. But in the end the prince rejects the princess because she is only wearing an ugly paper bag (the dragon burns her clothes) and the princess calls him a bum. The 4 y.o. was very confused by this. She didn't understand why the prince was so mean, or why the princess called him names back. I thought it was funny and loved the illustrations, but she really didn't get it. Perhaps this one is for older children?
It's hard to know exactly what a child is thinking, but I think this book only makes sense when you have that knowledge that most princess stories are about boys saving the day and girls going along for the ride. But if this isn't something that you've noticed or seen, this just seems like a story about two children who are just rude to each other for no real reason.
It's hard to know exactly what a child is thinking, but I think this book only makes sense when you have that knowledge that most princess stories are about boys saving the day and girls going along for the ride. But if this isn't something that you've noticed or seen, this just seems like a story about two children who are just rude to each other for no real reason.
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Who loves a strong female lead and a message of empowerment? I sure do
This book is a great children's book. It's extremely humorous, and children of all ages enjoy this silly story. As an upper elementary school teacher, I read this to my students when teaching about fairytales and the importance of point-of-view in any fairytale. This story is great to use because it does not have the typical "And they all lived happily ever after..." type of ending, which is refreshing. Really, I love this book!
A girl-empowering gem found in an ocean of books about frilly princess or adventurous boys. Not that there is anything wrong with those, per se, but when it comes to they point that those stereotypes become the norm for gender identity, then we really need to rethink our children's stories.
This picture book is quite short and straight forward. It is about a princess who was going to marry a prince, and once the prince is kidnapped by a dragon, she goes off to rescue him and defeat the dragon herself. The premise is great, the princess's way of defeating the dragon, a little cruel (and cunning - that is one Slytherin princess, not a Gryffindor), but I think we can give it some discount, since she doesn't actually commit any violent acts.
The prince is rescued, but not too happy about it, since the princess, in rescuing him and failing to conform to society's expectations of what a princess should be like or look like, has diminished his own role and threaten the very foundations of that society - she is no longer a proper princess.
The princess, needless to say, could not care less what the prince thinks of her, and I can only assume she will go on to live adventures and meet more interesting people along the way.
I say, give little girls this book to read. Not instead of other princess books, but in addition to it. So they can see that there are many different kinds of princesses in the world.
This picture book is quite short and straight forward. It is about a princess who was going to marry a prince, and once the prince is kidnapped by a dragon, she goes off to rescue him and defeat the dragon herself. The premise is great, the princess's way of defeating the dragon, a little cruel (and cunning - that is one Slytherin princess, not a Gryffindor), but I think we can give it some discount, since she doesn't actually commit any violent acts.
The prince is rescued, but not too happy about it, since the princess, in rescuing him and failing to conform to society's expectations of what a princess should be like or look like, has diminished his own role and threaten the very foundations of that society - she is no longer a proper princess.
The princess, needless to say, could not care less what the prince thinks of her, and I can only assume she will go on to live adventures and meet more interesting people along the way.
I say, give little girls this book to read. Not instead of other princess books, but in addition to it. So they can see that there are many different kinds of princesses in the world.
A tale that turns standard princess stories on their head. The princess in this book answers to no man or dragon. She uses her wit and intellect to defeat an evil dragon.
This has always been one of my favourite children's stories. In this, the roles are reversed and it is the princess on a quest to save the prince, who has been captured by a dragon. The princess in this story starts as the typical princess- she moons over the handsome prince and is somewhat a silly girl. When the dragon comes and destroys her castly, it also kidnaps the prince. In the fire, all of the princess' clothes are burned. She begins to evolve into a new person. Her appearance is greatly humbled; she is forced to wear a paper bag. Her love for the prince means that she doesn't even care about herself. She selflessly chases after him.
When she gets to where the dragon is hiding the prince, she shows her intelligence and wit and manages to defeat the dragon without any physical excertion to herself. She is a clever, independent woman. At that point, she is still under love's spell and is devoted to the prince. When he sees her, however, the ungrateful prince tells her that she is gross and dirty and that he doesn't want her if she doesn't look like a proper princess. Here comes the most wonderful part of the story... She dumps his ass and walks away because she can be more happy on her own than with a jerk of a prince.
I honestly think that all parents should read this to their daughters every week until the message sinks in. It is such a great thing to counteract the damsel in distress image that is portrayed in so many other stories. I could go on some more about feminism, but I will just leave with this: I love this story, I will always love this story, and all future children of mine will love this story because I will read it to them all the time :)
When she gets to where the dragon is hiding the prince, she shows her intelligence and wit and manages to defeat the dragon without any physical excertion to herself. She is a clever, independent woman. At that point, she is still under love's spell and is devoted to the prince. When he sees her, however, the ungrateful prince tells her that she is gross and dirty and that he doesn't want her if she doesn't look like a proper princess. Here comes the most wonderful part of the story... She dumps his ass and walks away because she can be more happy on her own than with a jerk of a prince.
I honestly think that all parents should read this to their daughters every week until the message sinks in. It is such a great thing to counteract the damsel in distress image that is portrayed in so many other stories. I could go on some more about feminism, but I will just leave with this: I love this story, I will always love this story, and all future children of mine will love this story because I will read it to them all the time :)