PAMcHenry
The Paper Bag Princesses
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( July 1, 2017)
THE PAPER BAG PRINCESSES is a delightful and encouraging non-traditional “princess” story about every girl who has ever looked in the mirror and saw “unhappy flaws” staring back at her or has been confronted with unkindness. Although, The Paper Bag Princesses is not about being royal or waiting for a prince to charm or about magic wands or about a happily-ever-after fairy tale rescue; it is about learning to deal with flaws and being seven years old at the same time. The author has cleverly taken a snapshot of each girl’s likes and self-perceptions and illustrated her without representation of color, race, ethnicity or religion. Then, we are treated to a little glimpse inside the school lives of Alice, Cynder, Meri, Cheer and Snowe.
We first meet the girls as they first meet each other on a basketball court at school, and soon they bond over their differences. Every day, they eat their paper bag lunches together and learn, one day at a time, that everyone has unhappy flaws—big, small, unseen and personal. Nevertheless, although, these girls are not “traditional” princesses, they are part of a “Royal Court” and each is a princess in her own right.
In the end, Alice, Cynder, Meri, Cheer and Snowe become happily ever after friends for, at least, a moment in time. Is there a moral to the story? You decide.
We first meet the girls as they first meet each other on a basketball court at school, and soon they bond over their differences. Every day, they eat their paper bag lunches together and learn, one day at a time, that everyone has unhappy flaws—big, small, unseen and personal. Nevertheless, although, these girls are not “traditional” princesses, they are part of a “Royal Court” and each is a princess in her own right.
In the end, Alice, Cynder, Meri, Cheer and Snowe become happily ever after friends for, at least, a moment in time. Is there a moral to the story? You decide.
- Pages
- 39
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