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The Wide-Awake Princess
In this amusing, eloquently told story, created by Katherine Paterson specifically for artist Vladimir Vagin to illustrate with his beautifully detailed watercolors, there was born a wise little princess who was different from everyone else. Miranda had been granted the gift of being wide awake all her waking hours. Thus, unlike those before her, she was able to see that t...more
Hardcover, 48 pages
Published
March 20th 2000
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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I guess I just don't get the whole Katherine Paterson is a wonderful author thing.
I found this story to have some promise, but it also felt very disjointed in some places. I found some holes in the logic (at least to my logic). When Princess Miranda's parents (who spent her entire life ignoring her) died she mourned them because she felt they never took the time to know her. Seems like a child as alert to the world around her would have either made sure her parents participated in ...more
I found this story to have some promise, but it also felt very disjointed in some places. I found some holes in the logic (at least to my logic). When Princess Miranda's parents (who spent her entire life ignoring her) died she mourned them because she felt they never took the time to know her. Seems like a child as alert to the world around her would have either made sure her parents participated in ...more
"If you know that being wide awake in a sleeping world is a gift and not a curse, you are even wiser than I had hoped."
—The Wide-awake Princess, P. 28
I would give this book two and a half stars.
I think that all kids, especially, will be able to easily identify with the beginning plight of Princess Miranda, who is looked down on by the three nefarious usurpers of her crown title as being too young, too short, and too...other things, as well, to be ab...more
—The Wide-awake Princess, P. 28
I would give this book two and a half stars.
I think that all kids, especially, will be able to easily identify with the beginning plight of Princess Miranda, who is looked down on by the three nefarious usurpers of her crown title as being too young, too short, and too...other things, as well, to be ab...more
Ah perhaps it is message heavy but what this boils down to is a very engaging fairy tale. The story is well written and enjoyable. The messages of learning by listening and leading by empowering others are terrific. This reminds me just a little of other stories but it is sufficiently unique in the way it evolves. I liked Miranda a lot, especially how her friends are a few special animals. I appreciated her mindfulness (although I do wish it wasn’t gifted to her, as for me it makes it less speci...more
Such an incredibly charming and wonderful book!!! How is it that I've never stumbled across it before??? My daughters and I were all immediately pulled into the story. The princess is born, but everyone is so bored that they don't bother to celebrate; only her fair godmother visits her, and gifts her with being wide awake during all her waking hours. The princess grows up energetic and curious, thoughtful and fair and always eager to learn. Her parents are selfish and thoughtless and the ki...more
My son and I enjoyed reading this, and talking afterwards about the many lessons, including mindfulness and leading by listening. Great read.
this book has been sitting on my bookshelf since i was a kid, supposedly. but i had never read it until this year. it was rather good.
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From author's website:
People are always asking me questions I don't have answers for. One is, "When did you first know that you wanted to become a writer?" The fact is that I never wanted to be a writer, at least not when I was a child, or even a young woman. Today I want very much to be a writer. But when I was ten, I wanted to be either a movie star or a missionary. When I ...more
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People are always asking me questions I don't have answers for. One is, "When did you first know that you wanted to become a writer?" The fact is that I never wanted to be a writer, at least not when I was a child, or even a young woman. Today I want very much to be a writer. But when I was ten, I wanted to be either a movie star or a missionary. When I ...more
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