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Don't Kiss the Frog!: Princess Stories with Attitude

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As the mother of a 3 1/2 year old girl ,I am getting kind of tired reading Disney Princess stories every night. This book is a welcome change. The drawings are wonderful, the stories are great. Best of all my daughter loved them.

Though the Disney princesses are popular, they all send young girls a similar message. You must be beautiful and passive in order to get Prince Charming. This book presents tales with intelligent, strong princesses that are far from passive. They give girls like my daughter a different message. You can be beautiful AND strong, and sometimes even save Prince Charming instead of waiting to be saved. Princesses can be independent and still attract a handsome suitor.

The stories in this collection have the charm of fairy tales with a large dose of humor and a good bit more accessibility for kids. Girls today may want to read about princesses, as they have for ages... but it is fun to see the princess protagonists in a contemporary context with modern morals. In addition, the creative use of typesetting and large, vivid pictures make the book a unique visual treat.

If you are looking for a great alternative to the disney princesses (passive, focused on looks and materialism, needing a prince to live happily-ever-after), this is it! This book offers 6 princesses that are creative, brave, resourceful, and quirky -- without being rude and bratty, like so many other "modern alternative girl power" characters can be. This book is not heavy-handed in its presentation of alternatives (unlike some other "alternative" princess books - such as the Paper Bag Princess). In these stories, sometimes the princess saves the prince, and sometimes the prince saves her; sometimes she marries him (especially when he is kind and thoughtful and shares her interests), sometimes she doesn't. But each princess is more interesting, aspirational and multi-dimensional than snow white and cinderella, and each story has a good sense of humor and fun illustrations. My 5 year old has been lured by the call of the disney princesses and is sometimes less than enthusiatic about my attempts to present alternatives, but she *does* like this book!

This is one of my daughter's favorite books along with the Fancy Nancy Books Fancy Nancy (Spanish edition): Nancy la Elegante and "Mommy's Book" Mommy's High Heel Shoes This book is actually a compilation of several Princess stories with strong Princess Characters (i.e. princesses who slay dragons) which is a nice change from the princesses who spend their lives waiting for prince charming. The illustrations, fun font and sparkly cover also make this girly book fun to read and an awesome gift!

Cute! A nice change from the usual princess formula. I have three little girls and they LOVE this book. These are the kind of stories that have just enough twist in them that I can enjoy the whimsical humor even after having read them a gazillion times - which means no groaning from mommy when this book is selected yet AGAIN for bedtime stories. I would definitely recommend this to anybody looking for new material a little more off the beaten path from the usual Cinderella/Snow White/Sleeping Beauty type stuff to entertain their own little "princesses."

I loved the illustrations, the stories and the imaginative fonts in this book. All four of my daughters have really enjoyed this book.