Ordinary Princess First Edition [Import] [Hardcover]

M. M. Kaye (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Kestrel Books; First Edition edition (1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0722657293
• ISBN-13: 978-0722657294
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,383,908 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Marvelous Story, January 16, 2011

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This review is from: The Ordinary Princess (Paperback)

The Ordinary Princess is a classic fairy tale with a feminist twist, but without the often glaring cynicism and modernism of some feminist "fairy tales." The story is sweet, with ordinary fairy tale plot points, including a fairy godmother who gives a gift only appreciated by the recipient herself, dragons, friendly woodland animals, and a princess who runs away to become a kitchen maid. I love that there is still the traditional fairy tale ending, where the princess marries a king, and that she does it her own way, not the way her parents want her to. Throughout the book a verse is repeated, and we sing this, bringing music into the story as is recommended by Waldorf teachers. Some of the plot reminds me of the amazing E. Nesbit: there is a plot to hire a dragon in order to get the princess wed, and the fairy godmother definitely sounds like something out of a Nesbit story.

My daughter is six, and she loves this story. It is a chapter book, with few pictures, so if your six-year-old isn't able to sit still and imagine her own pictures, you may want to look elsewhere. My daughter loves it: she sings the verse over to herself throughout the day, and talks about herself as being the Ordinary Princess. Yesterday she said she needed to learn to cook, even though she was a Princess and her (pretend) mother didn't think it was important for princesses to cook, because the Ordinary Princess found her cooking skills really handy!

Beautiful. Thank you, Ms. Kaye.