Princess Day
Celebrate your inner princess on Princess Day 18 November.
What little girl hasn’t dreamed of being a princess? Or perhaps you’ve dreamed of falling in love with one? Princess Day is dedicated to the idea that everyone, no matter who they are, can be a princess. Traditionally princess stories have focused on the crowns, gowns, being rescued by a prince and true love’s kiss… nowadays a princess can kick butt, save the prince and rule the world with her poise, confidence and kindheartedness. Whether you’re still waiting for your Prince Charming or are ready to create your own Happily Ever After (prince or no), check out this selection of Princess Books for princesses of all ages.
Picture Books for Tiny Princesses
The princess and the shoe by Caryl Hart
Not every Cinderella wants to go to the ball… Princess Jasmine hates long dresses and sitting still and would much rather take part in the big cross-country race. So when a fairy godmother appears with a new pair of speedy trainers, well, it looks like her dream has come true! That is, until she loses one of her trainers, how will she finish the race? But when she goes on to WIN, was it the magic trainers or was it Jasmine’s determinations and belief in herself?
Books for Little Princesses
Koori Princess by Anita HeissAn insightful and humorous story of a young girl’s determination to be who she wants to be. Teish is a sassy, soon-to-be 7-year-old and the apple of her dad’s eye. She believes more than anything that she is a Disney Princess. Her older siblings like to remind her that she isn’t. Teish is determined to believe that she can be whoever she wants to be. With the help of boisterous, irreverent cousins and friends, a princesses-of-colour party with all the trimmings and an adventure to the beach, Teish teaches her family that she can be a princess and remain true to herself.
Books for Teen Princesses
A secret princess by Margaret Stohl
A surprising and romantic retelling-mashup of A Little Princess and The Secret Garden. Mary Lennox, Sara Crewe and Cedric Erroll are best friends. And thank goodness, since their boarding school is basically insufferable.
Books for Grown-Up Princesses
Before the crown by Flora Harding
Windsor Castle, 1943. As war rages across the world, Princess Elizabeth comes face to face with the dashing naval officer she first met in London nine years before. Philip represents everything she has been taught to avoid. Instability. Audacity. Adventure. But when the King learns of their relationship, the suitability of the foreign prince is questioned by all at court. He is the risk she had never been allowed to take. The risk not even the shadow of the crown will stop her from taking.
True Princess Stories
Warrior Princess: my journey to become the first female Maasai warrior by Mindy Budgor
This is the story of a young woman – passionate, fearless and dangerously curious (with a set of ferocious Jewish parents breathing fire down her neck) – who turned her back on the safety of her suburban life to face probable death in an effort to become the world’s first female Maasai warrior.
Princesses on the Big Screen
A fairy tale after allSky, a stubborn teenage outcast, finds herself confronted by whimsical characters when she is transported into a world of fantasy and fairy tales while attending a school marionette show.
E-Princesses
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