false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173283482m/267660.jpg 267660 4 Cornelia Funke, author of the bestselling <I>Thief Lord</I>, tells a short, sweet story about a brave little princess with a mind of her own.<p> King Wilfred's three sons learn to become big, bad knights the way any boisterous boys would: "They learned riding and jousting, fighting with swords...They learned how to stride proudly and how to shout <I>very</I> loudly." At her father's urging, young Princess Violetta tries to keep up with the same lessons, "even though she was so small she could hardly lift a sword at all!" Despite her brothers' teasing and laughing, Violetta continues to practice--even secretly at night. Soon enough, Violetta becomes "so nimble and quick" that when practicing with her brothers, "their spears and swords just hit the empty air." But then King Wilfred does the unthinkable: For his Violetta's sixteenth birthday, he plans a jousting tournament designed to bring "the bravest knights in the land flocking to the castle" to win&#133;her hand in marriage! Violetta is outraged: "You want <I>me</I> to marry some dimwit in a tin suit?" Fortunately, of course, the princess finds a way to come to her own rescue.<p> Funke does well in this picturebook format, but Kerstin Meyer's delicate and extremely cute illustrations set the quiet, measured (but still fun) tone of the <I>Princess Knight</I>, as she takes inspiration from a bona fide medieval piece of art--the 11th-century <I>Bayeux Tapestry (Ages 4 to 8) <I>--Paul Hughes</I> 1448707 2001 The Princess Knight total:241|5:87|4:74|3:60|2:17|1:3| 241 948 396 30 267660 1904442145 9781904442141 228 28 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173283482m/267660.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/267660.The_Princess_Knight 4 0 false Wed Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Thu Jun 11 13:11:12 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 13:12:09 -0700 2009
King Wilfred the Worthy knows how to raise sons. So when the Queen gives birth to a daughter (and the Queen promptly dies), Princess Violetta is raised in the same manner as her brothers. At first she’s laughed at because she’s too small ...more...]]> 267660 1904442145 9781904442141 228 28 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173283482m/267660.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/267660.The_Princess_Knight 5 0 true Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 18:41:05 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 18:48:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 267660 1904442145 9781904442141 228 28 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173283482m/267660.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/267660.The_Princess_Knight 5 0 false Mon Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 15:47:57 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 17:11:26 -0700 2008 Audience: K-6
Reading Level: Late Early/Transitional Readers
Curricular Uses: Read-Aloud, Independent Reading
Topic: Princesses
Theme: A princess can be as strong as a male, reversing the theme that princesses must be rescued by princes
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It's one of those "being a strong female by being like the males" stories. It might be a good book for little girls who think that princesses only sit around looking pretty in flouncy dresses, but I think there are better kick-ass princesses ou...more...]]> 267660 1904442145 9781904442141 228 28 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173283482m/267660.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/267660.The_Princess_Knight 2 0 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue May 01 14:16:08 -0700 2007 Tue May 01 18:01:31 -0700 2007 Inkheart and The Thief Lord. However, it lacks the descriptive richness of her usual writing, and the plot is predictable without any interesting characterizations to keep readers hooked. The theme has been addressed with g...more...]]> 267660 1904442145 9781904442141 228 28 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173283482m/267660.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/267660.The_Princess_Knight 4 0 false Tue Oct 07 20:45:04 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 01 14:45:13 -0800 2008
Level: Emergent

Genre: PIcture Book

Topic: Untraditional Princesses, Strong women

Curricular Use: Read Aloud

Social: Strong women, Princesses who are string and brave, women being just as strong or stronger than men

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