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Princesses Are People, Too: Two Modern Fairy Tales
53 pp.
| Viking |
May, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-670-03567-X$$12.99
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Illustrated by
Serge Bloch.
Two slight but amusing stories focus on princesses with fervent desires--one wants to go to school like a normal kid, the other wants a prince who knows how to scratch her back properly--and both get their wishes in the end. Friendly black-and-white cartoons enhance the book's good-natured humor, which is lively enough to mitigate the stories' predictability.