Short Story Monday: The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko
Princess Elizabeth lived in a castle and was to marry Prince Ronald. He was a spoiled Prince. One day a dragon came and ruined the castle, burned all of Elizabeth's clothes, and took off with the Prince. Elizabeth makes a paper bag dress for herself to wear and goes to rescue her prince.This is the 25 year edition full of how the story came to Robert Munsch and the real life Elizabeth who inspired the story. There was also a very interest biography on both Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko. I enjoyed all the background information as much as the story.
This is a fun story with a twist at the end. The illustrations were beautiful. I want to thank Mr. Munsch for making the main character Princess Elizabeth a strong female with thoughts of her own. this is a must read, for little girls especially. Highly recommended!
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I just read this to my daughter in Chapters yesterday, and she thought it was great.
NotNessie said... July 14, 2009 5:05 AM
I'd say this would be a great read for my daughter, but lately she's been having nightmares involving dragons. LOL
--Anna
Diary of an Eccentric
Anna said... July 14, 2009 5:49 AM
I saw R. Munsch narrated this with a couple of kids from the audience when he performed down here a few years ago. Cute!
Chris said... July 14, 2009 11:08 AM
NotNessie, I'm glad she enjoyed it!
Anna, that's too bad. The Princess Elizabeth does subdue the dragon, if that helps.
Chris, I would love to see him. I guess I'm a kid at heart. I missed out on all these great Canadian Children's books authors when I was growing up.
Teddy Rose said... July 14, 2009 9:53 PM
This does sound like a fun story, Teddy. I like that the princess does the rescuing.
Literary Feline said... July 15, 2009 10:58 PM
Wendy, she rescues the prince and herself from the prince in the end. LOL!
Teddy Rose said... July 16, 2009 10:10 PM
My daughter and I have read a few of his books but not this one. She would love it!
Margaret said... July 28, 2011 6:12 PM
Margaret, I bet your daughter would love it.
Teddy Rose said... July 28, 2011 11:00 PM
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