Like its predecessor - after the initial Amazing Grace, this is only the second book about this character that I have read - Princess Grace pairs an engaging tale about a high-spirited, sympathetic young heroine with colorful, appealing artwork. Soon Grace's entire class is learning about the many interesting princesses from world history. She loves princesses, and the wonderful fairy-tales from which they come! But when she attempts to describe what she will wear to her Nana, the question of who princesses really are, and what they do, arises.

In the end, Grace's whole class ends up on the float dressed as a variety of princesses-and princes!īritish author Mary Hoffman, who published her first story about a feisty, story-loving girl named Grace around twenty-five years ago, returns to her adventures in this fifth picture-book, this time addressing the 'princess craze.' When Grace's teacher announces that their school will have a float in the community parade, and that two girls from their class will be chosen to be princesses on that float, she is beside herself with excitement. There have been warriors and spys, and Cinderella tales from diverse cultures. They learn that the European princess of the Rennaisance is far from the only type of princess. As Grace want to learn what makes a princess a princess, so she, her friends, and her teacher start looking into it. Grace's school puts a float in the parade with a Queen on it and this year, they've decided to add two princesses. We got home and opened this book, and I couldn't love it more if I tried.

I just want her to branch out a little, teeny, itsy-bitsy bit. I'm getting a little wary of the whole princess thing and have been trying to direct her to some additional interests and role models. My 3-year old is obsessed with princesses, so on a recent trip to the library when she got her very own library card and saw this book on the shelf, she knew she had to check this book out first.

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