The Anti-Princess Reading List
Thursday, June 21st, 2007
This is the Summer Of The Princess. Look around and you’ll find dozen’s of books freshly churned about one princess or another, Di included. Is there anything out their for your girls beside Princess fantasy. Turns out there is. Kid’s Lit blogger Amy Keroes on her Mommy Track’d site. Why the anti-princess list? Amy writes:
Snow White, Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast all have their place in children’s hearts we suppose. But if you want your kids to grow up believing that girls should dream of more than just kissing the prince, check out these books.
Each of them features strong, smart, spunky girl protagonists that want to eat bugs, get first place in the science fair and grow up to be a teacher, a doctor, a firefighter or even a diva.
After browsing her list, I’d have to say that she’s done a good job of selecting books beyond the day-dreamy stuff of princesses.
