jessiesquash 's review for:

The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye

5.0

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One of my favorite books growing up and still one I reach for when I'm feeling nostalgic. It's a wonderful story about the merits of "being yourself" and how being beautiful is not always the blessing it appears to be. Another reviewer mentioned the idea of the blonde princess being called beautiful and the brunette princess being ordinary and how that might affect her brunette daughter but it goes far beyond hair color. Even as a blonde little girl, I always identified more with Amy despite the fact that her hair color is different than mine. I think kids are smart enough to pick up the true meaning of the story and not obsess over details as a loving and attentive mother would. That's just my two cents though. I think the book is as relevant (if not more so with all the media we are exposed to on a daily basis) as it was when I was little.