Elizabeth Low
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I was inspired by our recent trip to Disney World to write a blog post reviewing princess picture books. At 7, my daughter no longer aspires to be a princess when she grows up, but she still secretly likes them, especially the spunky ones with more personality.
Little girls' attraction to all things pink seems encoded in their DNA, as inevitable to their development as, say, learning to sit up or typing with their thumbs. Few parents realize it has not always been thus.
It's a sad fact, but, if you're the parent of a young girl, at some point, there's a better than average chance that you'll have to deal with the creeping horror that is the princess book genre. The princess craze is an amazing thing to behold.
First of all, I'd like to say Happy Hinamatsuri, which is Girls' Day in Japan (and by extension, Hawaii). Every March 3rd, girls are honored and their health and happiness prayed for, and beautiful dolls are displayed to represent emperors and empresses- amazing collections of entire entourages in ceremonial dress.
by Allison McDonald Princess books range from amazing to unreadable. The way princesses are marketed to our children especially girls it's hard to avoid them and even when we work hard to avoid them it seems like they sneak in somehow. I don't want to veto all princesses just because some stories are crap and [...]
