Once Upon a Time When the Princess Rescued the Prince [Paperback]

Rosemary Lake (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 3, 2003 | Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

Fairy tales for Grades 4 through adult. Smart, strong heroines in old-fashioned fairy tales rich in magic and traditional motifs. Cheerful, wholesome; lively re-telling and much new material. Literary allusions, witty social satire. Favorably reviewed at Midwest Book Review.

Bibliography, story notes, and teachers' notes. 127 pages, 12-point type. Ebook on sale. Samples at www.rosemarylake.com.

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

Dear Readers,

My favorite books are The Wizard of Oz®, Anne of Green Gables®, Lang’s fairy books, and the Narnia® series. (And Nancy Drew® and Xanth®!) My favorite movies are the Disney® classics Snow White®, Cinderella®, Peter Pan®, Fantasia.® (And Star Wars®!)

But girls like Pocahontas®, Belle, and Mulan® are better heroines.

So, in my stories, I’ve tried to imagine what old Mr. Disney® might have done with other beautiful old-fashioned fairytales --- with new, smart, strong heroines. (And I’ve written a few of my own.) Happy reading,
Rosemary

About the Author

Born during WWII, Rosemary grew up in a wooden farmhouse house on a dry wide prairie, pretty close to Kansas. She spent most of her time reading about places like Oz, Neverland, Swallowdale, Oxford, and Narnia. She read all the Oz books, and when the librarian told there were no more, Rosemary decided that when she grew up she would write some more of them herself. She's still working on it.

She soon went very far from Kansas. She married a sailor, lived on an island in Rhode Island ... and at a deserted observatory on a mountain above Boulder, Colorado ... and in a Jain Ashram (where, as might happen in Oz, the monks carry fluffy brooms to harmlessly sweep insects off their cushions).

Today, Rosemary lives in a 'travel trailer' that voyages up and down the US Pacific Coast Highway: a neat little house that often parks deep in the woods and turns round and round, just like Baba Yaga's hut.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 127 pages
• Publisher: Dragon Tree Press (September 3, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0940918501
• ISBN-13: 978-0940918504
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,196,575 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars read it to your kids, whether they be princes or princesses, February 26, 2003

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a bakers dozen of tales where
the princesses all kick tails here
distaff wisdom extol
over vampire and troll
happy e?er after prevails here

sugar and spice
all that is nice
logic and physics
karma and magics
pearls of great price