Despite my best efforts Girl (nearly 4) tends towards the girly and loves a princess story. While I subscribe to the view that pretty much any reading with children is good reading, sometimes Rapunzel starts to grate and I get a bit fed up with how generally wet the lead characters are (this was also my problem with Jane Eyre, but that’s another post).
Thankfully she also has a wicked sense of humour and also loves some of the more subversive stories. The ones we have been enjoying recently are by Jon Klassen. I want my hat back and This is not my hat are both clever books with unusual illustrations (which surprisingly, Boy (nearly 2) also enjoys, even though they are not the usual gaudy pictures you see in books for the under-2s). For a laugh read the Amazon reviews on I want my hat back for how not to react to a children’s book!
Very good! Have you tried The Paper bag Princess? A princess story with a twist!
I hadn’t heard of that one! Thanks for the recommendation – I shall be heading off to Amazon to pick one up…
my daughter was obsessive with ‘fairy’ and ‘princess’ and it was something i always tried to sway her from but it stuck
Mine seems to switch seamlessly between princesses and dinosaurs. I’m trying to encourage the paleontology angle
Liking your style! x