What Does the Paper Bag Princess mean to you?
What does The Paper Bag Princess mean to you? Tell us on our social channels with the hashtag #PaperBagPrincess!
And for inspiration, here's what some others had to say...
From pop star Lights:
Artist is sharing The Paper Bag Princess by :
— A Good Book Drive (@AGoodBookDrive)
"This book is about a young woman realizing her strength and worth. If someone else doesn't appreciate you for that, then they're not worth your time!" 鉂わ笍
The classicist Mary Beard recommended the Paper Bag Princess in the Guardian newspaper for the article "" saying,
"But can I put in a plea for a children鈥檚 book? One of my children鈥檚 favourites was always Robert Munsch鈥檚 The Paper Bag Princess, which I have read out loud hundreds of times. There is nothing more subversively empowering than reciting from memory those great last lines, when the enterprising Princess Elizabeth rescues the ghastly and feeble Prince Ronald from the dragon 鈥� and then dumps him: 'You look like a nice guy, but guess what? You are a bum.鈥� And they didn鈥檛 get married after all.' There鈥檚 power for you, in a nutshell."
Author Francesca Segal鈥檚 "" in the Hairpin speaks of the subtle influence of Princess Elizabeth, that from childhood she 鈥渟tayed with me, whispered to me of another empowered femininity; warning me of Ronalds.鈥�
And the fantastic website A Mighty Girl puts the Paper Bag Princess first on their !
The Paper Bag Princess will be released with a beautiful new design this Spring along with four other Classic Munsch titles: Pigs, Purple, Green and Yellow, Stephanie's Ponytail, and Thomas' Snowsuit.
