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Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9780439536301
ISBN number: 0439536308
Label: The Chicken House
Manufacturer: The Chicken House
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 32
Printing Date: March 01, 2004
Publishing house: The Chicken House
Age index: Ages 4-8
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Violet is a young princess who wishes she could show the world that she is just as brave and strong as her brothers. But her strict father insists that she get married, and her brothers only mock her when she wants to be included in their fun. So Violet decides to use her intelligence and bravery to show everyone--once and for all--what she's made of. Disguising herself as a boy, Violet takes part in a knights' jousting tournament. When she wins the contest, she reveals her true identity--and wins the prize of freedom!
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Cornelia Funke, author of the bestselling Thief Lord, tells a short, sweet story about a brave little princess with a mind of her own.
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 very 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…her hand in marriage! Violetta is outraged: 'You want me to marry some dimwit in a tin suit?' Fortunately, of course, the princess finds a way to come to her own rescue.
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 Princess Knight, as she takes inspiration from a bona fide medieval piece of art--the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry (Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes
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In a world of Barbies and Brats, this is a great book to inspire girls to be more than a pretty face. We liked this book so much that we bought a second copy for our school library!
By the way - my son (age 8) thinks it is a good book too.
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Quite a varied selection of ratings [Ramseelbird 5 stars; mom's 2.5] and you might be wondering why and how this could be. In my opinion the answer is evident: they've got the age range wrong. This book is not suitable for four year olds, nor six year olds in my opinion (and I have one of the latter). Instead I would put the age range as 9 and up.
My very first reason for suggesting this book is not for young children is that the mother dies in childbirth. As multiple mom's have suggested, little children don't understand this concept and don't want to. In fact, most 4 year olds don't even know where babies come from, so how can this make sense.
My second reason for suggesting that this book is for older children is that the arguments and theme are fairly sophisticated and not in line with little kid thinking. At five, little girls don't really understand the social complexities of gender and empowerment. Thus the struggle to compete and find one's way amongst the older males is lost on them.
Now-- for older children I think it would be a good book. The story would no doubt be fresh to them (it certainly wasn't for me) and they could relate to the princesse's accomplishments, and the unfairness of the brothers in the very first part of the book, and the father at the end of the story.
So in my opinion....
Three Stars. Despite some rave reviews, I thought the plot was hackneyed. Definitely been there, done that. Okay Read-aloud. Okay art. Would be a good book for the 9 and up age group, but really not all that suitable for small fry and younger children.
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Ok The peeps who wrote a review above me you are totally a bad reader if you didnt get the book concept . . . .even im in 4th grade!thats right im ten . . . ok let me tell you what I think . . I love this book too . . . .
Well the princess knight is definitly in the book!its about a girl brave and strong enough and has so much courage to prove that just because shes a princess does not mean she cant be a knight!Do you think that just because shes a girl means she is afraid to break a nail?if so your so so so so WRONG!Thats right capital letters!and if you let your kids hear cinderella and snowwhite your crule if you dont let your kids and you!thats right you!read this book!i mean in absolutely all the princess storys someone dies somewhere in there!and getting married when your 16 is not the bad!its better than drugs and tatoos!it shows courage and strength in a young girl giving little girls confidence and telling little boys that girls can be just as good as them . . . . .Such a grate book!Cornelia Funke will always remain #1 on my favorite authors list.
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I bought this for my 4 yr old niece, unfortunatly after reading the book I decided it was not appropriate for her. Yes the queen dies... And the brothers are not very nice... But there is a page where the nursemaid is soothing the little girl who has a large bruise on her back from fighting with her brothers. And there is no lesson that says that this behavior is wrong. The little girl is determined and the independence she shows seems to be from a sink or swim kind of attitude.
I had my mother in law read the book to make sure that I was just not being overly sensitive, and she agreed that this was not the best choice for my niece. There are so many good childern's books for 4 yr olds... I just don't this is one of them.
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I love reading this book to my little girl. It is one of the few books in which the characters neither act good or bad because of thier appearance. Usually the beautiful princess is either good or bad because she is beautiful rather than morality coming out of choices that human's make. This princess is defending her own honour. It has a really smart strong female lead.
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