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The Paper Bag Princess is a children's book written by Robert Munsch and illustrated by Michael Martchenko. It was first published in 1980 by Annick Press and launched Munsch's career to the forefront of a new wave of Canadian children’s authors. [1] The story reverses the princess and dragon stereotype. [2]
A motherless Princess, often lonely but skilled in writing, reading, dancing, and cooking thanks to her maternal figure--her nurse (nanny) who recently passed away--has her hand in marriage promised to an ogre by her father, the king, who did not pay very much attention to her, against her consent; her father had brokered a deal, trafficking her in exchange for fifty wagons of silver.
Princess Kaguya Character from a side story of the Sailor Moon manga series, The Lover of Princess Kaguya, which is based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Snow Queen". The name "Princess Kaguya" comes from The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. Nao Kusunoki Shounen Princess: Putri Harimau Naoko
It concerns Princess Amethyst Alexandra Augusta Araminta Adelaide Aurelia Anne of Phantasmorania—Amy for short—who has been given the "gift" of ordinariness. Like the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty , [ 1 ] the story begins with the birth of a princess and the arrival of fairies—invited against the king's better judgment, for the sake of ...
The stories are in the world of Salacia, a hidden kingdom under the sea, full of princes and princesses from different animal species. Fearing an inevitable conflict with the people of Terra Firma, the kings and queens of the sea forbid their daughters and sons to have any contact with the surface people who are completely unaware of the ...
The Light Princess is a Scottish fairy tale by George MacDonald.It was published in 1864 as a story within the larger story Adela Cathcart. Drawing on inspiration from "Sleeping Beauty", it tells the story of a princess afflicted by a constant weightlessness, unable to get her feet on the ground, both literally and metaphorically, until she finds a love that brings her down to earth.
Roxy, Chris, Linda, David and Taggy are five of the best-known children on Bird Island, earning the nickname 'the Limpets' due to the time they spend together. After learning that the island's owner, Mr. Waley, is planning on selling up the gang put their heads together to change his mind.
The Brownie and the Princess: And Other Stories (ISBN 978-0060000837) is a book of ten children's stories by the American author, Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). [1] The stories were published in various children's magazines during her lifetime.