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Aug. 7th, 2009 08:17 amThis week's Picture Book You Should Read (which is late late late) is The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko.
Elizabeth is a beautiful princess who is going to marry a prince named Ronald. But oh no! A horrible dragon burns down her castle and steals her prince! So Elizabeth puts on a paper bag - the only thing not burnt - and marches off to rescue Ronald, armed only with her wits.
This is an older picture book - I had it when I was small - but I am reccing it because last week, a woman my age came into the library and had never heard of it. That is tragic and so, to save all of you from possibly suffering the same fate, it appears on my lj today.
So why should you read this book? Because Princess Elizabeth is hardcore badass awesomesauce. Seriously. She defeats the dragon without weapons, using only her own native cunning. She rescues her prince, which leads to what is possibly my favorite passage in a children's book ever:
Elizabeth had outsmarted the dragon. She walked over him to the big door. Ronald was standing there waiting for her. He looked at her and said, "Boy, are you a mess! You smell like ashes, your hair is all tangled and you are wearing a dirty old paper bag. Come back when you’re dressed like a real princess."
"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." They didn’t get married after all.
Elizabeth is a beautiful princess who is going to marry a prince named Ronald. But oh no! A horrible dragon burns down her castle and steals her prince! So Elizabeth puts on a paper bag - the only thing not burnt - and marches off to rescue Ronald, armed only with her wits.
This is an older picture book - I had it when I was small - but I am reccing it because last week, a woman my age came into the library and had never heard of it. That is tragic and so, to save all of you from possibly suffering the same fate, it appears on my lj today.
So why should you read this book? Because Princess Elizabeth is hardcore badass awesomesauce. Seriously. She defeats the dragon without weapons, using only her own native cunning. She rescues her prince, which leads to what is possibly my favorite passage in a children's book ever:
Elizabeth had outsmarted the dragon. She walked over him to the big door. Ronald was standing there waiting for her. He looked at her and said, "Boy, are you a mess! You smell like ashes, your hair is all tangled and you are wearing a dirty old paper bag. Come back when you’re dressed like a real princess."
"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." They didn’t get married after all.
