Empowerment Positive role model Princess/prince Rewriting
Princess Daisy and the dragon (and the nincompoop knights)
Summary:
A terrible noise is heard in the fairy tale kingdom. It doesn’t seem like the Nincompoop Knights can help! Only brave Princess Daisy knows how to solve this problem.
Edited by:
Centre for Children’s Literature and Culture Studies (Ireland)
Author(s):
Lenton, Steven
Illustrator(s):
Lenton, Steven
Publisher:
Nosy Crow
City:
London
Year:
2015
Pages:
32
ISBN:
9780857632883
Age Range:
6 - 10
Language:
EN
Original Language:
EN
Keywords:
Empowerment, Positive role model, Princess/prince, Rewriting
Comment:
This book revises the stereotypical fairy tale where a princess must be saved by inverting the narrative action. The book’s humour prevents it from being a heavy-handed reversal of typical fairy tales, and instead shows that girls (and princesses) can be as brave as anyone.