PICTURE BOOKS
Yolen, Jane , Stemple, Heidi E. Y.

Not All Princesses Dress in Pink

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Anne-Sophie Lanquetin. "Some princesses roll around, / wrestling on the muddy ground." A series of tight rhymes describe plain-clothed modern-day "princesses" playing soccer, wielding tools, etc., each with (let it be noted) "a sparkly crown" set primly atop her head. The book doesn't end memorably, but throughout it makes its ever-important girl-power point with panache and, thanks to Lanquetin's dynamic art, pizzazz.

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