A review by witchofthemountains
An African Princess by Anne Wilson, Lyra Edmonds

3.0

This was a very cute book with really great illustrations. But I only gave it three stars because neither of the boys I watch (or their mother) were very fond of it. I babysit for an African American family and, as we live in a state with one of the highest white populations in the country, I wanted to support the boys' sense of pride in the heritage. They found it interesting, but took issue with the lack of boys in the book (they're too young to explain how unusual that is) and their mother took issue with the idea that the book indicates all African American children are "princesses" or "princes".

As it is not my heritage I defer to her opinion on the book, though I will say that it is well written with beautiful illustrations.