Friday, September 11, 2015

The Paper Bag Princess

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For me especially, The Paper Bag Princess holds a special place in my heart. I remember a third grade teacher at my school dressing up every year as the princess from the story, paper bag and all. I also remember my mom reading me all of Robert Munsch's books, she even has a grand treasury of his books. While not all of Robert Munsch's books have the same illustrator, all of his books have a certain style. Munsch seems to have an outrageous problem, solved in almost as an outrageous way in many of his tales. While some of his tales are realistic fiction many of them, such as The Paper Bag Princess, are fantasy.
At the beginning of this story we meet our beautiful prince and princess, Ronald and Elizabeth, both of whom are dressed beautifully. But when the dragon eats and destroys the whole castle, Elizabeth is left with nothing to wear but a paper bag. With great attitude she marches off to take care of the dragon so she can have her happily ever after. However, once she has outsmarted the dragon by having him use all of his fiery breath and fly around the world twice, things do not work out like she hoped. Munsch creatively weaves a different prince and princess tale, in his wonderful style, than anyone would have ever thought of.

References
Munsch, R. N. (1980). The paper bag princess. Buffalo, New York: Annick Press Ltd.



-Naomi Emory, The Bookish Educator
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