A beautiful princess is born. A fairy casts a spell. The Ordinary Princess
Filled with humor and familiar fairy tale situations (dragons, disguises, friendships with forest creatures), The Ordinary Princess is entertaining and sweet. While Amy is judged for her looks throughout the book, it is understood that the reader knows the true value of a person is inside, not out.
Most of the more difficult vocabulary is related to the world of princesses and fairy tales: gallant, turrets, councillors and courtiers. There are also made up place names that might trip up young tongues.
Age Recommendation This is on a beginning of third grade reading level, but would appeal to readers as young as K and as old as 4th or 5th grade.
Great for: Anyone! Who shouldn’t read a tale of a princess who isn’t perfectly boring and cookie cutter?
Sex, Nudity, Dating – As you may expect in a fairy tale, the prince kisses the princess in the end.
Profanity – None
Death, Violence and Gore – I believe there is one spanking (or threat of spanking) and a slap.
Drugs, Alcohol and Smoking – None
Frightening or Intense Things – None
This is one of my all-time favorites. I think I first read it around age 13 and it is a constant re-read favorite.
This is a long time favorite of mine but I am one of the few people I know who has read it. I recently handed it to my roommate to read and even though she is not very far into it she already loves it. I think it is a book that people cannot help loving once they take the chance to read it.
I am so glad to know that other people out there have read and enjoyed this book and that your blog is helping parents know whether it is a good book for their child.
~*~Princess Nyssa
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