“Ronald,” said Elizabeth, “your clothes are really pretty and your hair is all neat. You look like a real prince, but you are a bum.”
My curiosity
was certainly piqued when I read those lines. “This does not quite sound like a
fairy tale with ‘happily ever after’”, I thought.
“The title of the book is ‘The Paper Bag
Princess’, why was she called that Mama? Does she not have any clothes? What
happened to her?” Those questions (by Dumpling) came fast and furious and so, I
sat down and read it with Dumpling.
:: About the Author
Written by
Robert Munsch who studied 7 years to be a Jesuit priest, he uncovered a talent
in stories and writing when he worked in daycare. This eccentric author (who
later decided that he was “lousy priest material”) has a strange habit of visiting
schools and daycares for free and (get this!) he usually does not tell them that
he is going!
So
I went and knocked on the door of Ms. Clebanoff¹s grade 2 and said, “Hi! I’m
Bob Munsch. Remember you asked me to come and visit when you wrote me last
year?”
Mrs. Clebanoff just
stood there and didn’t say anything so I tried again.
I said, “Hi! My name
is Bob Munsch and I am from Canada and your class wrote me a letter and asked
me to come and visit and I was driving by on the Ventura Freeway and I came by
for a visit and do you want me to tell some stories to your class or should I
go back to the Ventura Freeway and stop bothering you?”
Mrs. Clebanoff said,
“Canada? Bob Munsch??? Stories????”; And then she finally figured it out and
yelled, “Kids, drop everything, we have a visitor!” Source
:: The plot
Now, with a spunky author like that, how can his stories be boring? :)
Dumpling read it to me and chuckled along the
way. The story celebrates feisty females through the main character Elizabeth
who met a nasty dragon which burnt away everything she owns and abducted her fiancé.
A battle of wit versus brawn, how will Elizabeth be able to rescue her prince and
outsmart the dragon?
I like the modern twist where Elizabeth stood up for herself and for her beliefs and did not allow the prince to walk all over her. As it is a fairly short story, the story grew on me only as I read it a second and a third time, but grew it did. Dumpling and I also had discussions around the Prince's choice of words and his attitude. I feel that the story, being quite 'straight-to-the-point', can be used as a read-aloud for 3 year olds instead of the recommended for ages 4 – 7. Great for little girls and certainly as a gift too.
Author: Robert Munsch
Illustrator: Michael Martchenko
I received this title from My Imagination Kingdom in order to do a review on and give my opinion of it.
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Up for grabs! I am also pleased that My Imagination Kingdom is doing a giveaway of this title!
I have 2 copies (each worth $14.90) to give away! Here's how to win!
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Hope to win this book for my girl so that she can learn how to be the girl in the story who knew how to stand up for herself when the need arises.
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Hope to win the book for my princesses.
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I would love to win this for my daughter so that she can learn that a princess is not just about being a pretty face but to be herself and stand up for what she believes.
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Love how spunky the author is.. and would love to win a copy for my princess!!
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My kids would find this book ultra entertaining, just like your last book review on the real story of the 3LPs... Thanks for the giveaway :) jellypurin@gmail.com
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