The paper bag princess

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When Robert Munsch first dreamed up The Paper Bag Princess, he had no idea what was coming.

The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch (1980) is another princess book, recommended by Helen of Helen's Book Blog when I wrote about Princess Smartypants on Sunday. Claire of The Captive Reader added, "You can never go wrong with Munsch!" My friend Donna reminded me, "Munsch is the one who wrote Love You Forever" (published in 1986). I'd forgotten that. I got the book from the library and read it on Monday. Here's the summary: Princess Elizabeth is to marry Prince Ronald when a dragon…

I guess you can call this my future-celestial-fantastical-paranormal mood board of sorts. I was kinda-sorta-not really watching the Super Bowl and since this post has been in the works for a while I decided to 'multi-task' as I have no idea what is going on. I got super excited this past week when in my art history class we discussed Paolo Uccello's 15th century painting of Saint George and the Dragon. I don't know if it's embarrassing that the first thing I thought of was The Paper bag…

Princess Elizabeth saves her fiancé Prince Ronald from a dragon only for him to tell her to clean herself up and look like a princess. Elizabeth happily skips into the sunset without Ronald. Promotes gender roles, independence, self-esteem and integrity.

Read 2,389 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Princess Elizabeth is beautiful and rich and about to marry Prince Ronald. That is, unti…

Making your way through the checkout at the grocery store, it’s almost impossible to miss the constant coverage of Kate Middleton. Her face is everywhere, and you could almost be forgiven for thinking that she had actual political power. The world watched as she married Prince William, because there is nothing that people -- and especially Americans -- like more than watching a young woman become a princess. There is ample evidence of this phenomenon. Beyond the tabloid coverage of real…

The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch is definitely one of my favorite children's books. I mean, a princess story with a feminist twist - what's not to love? If you've never read the story, it's about Princess Elizabeth who loses everything she owns to the fiery breath of a dragon, who also steals her fiancé. Dressed in a paper bag, she follows the path of destruction towards the dragon's castle to rescue her prince. She outsmarts the dragon (without violence! another plus), and releases…

Ok. I think I'm going to get all dragons from literature.