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funfetti7 's review for:
The Paper Bag Princess
by Robert Munsch
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.