As you'll see from the other reviews here, this tale is about a young girl who, filled with nothing but courage, charity and a fair bit of brains, goes off to rescue a young prince from a ferocious dragon. After using all of her cunning to defeat the dragon she discovers that the prince is a bit of a monster himself, and so she decides not to marry him after all.
Although I agree that the story has a wealth of small lessons for children to learn about boys and girls and expectations and disappointments, I think that one of its strongest points is that the book serves as a wonderful introduction to the fact that not all stories end the way we expect them to (it's still a happy ending, just a different one) and that sometimes a twist can be more satisfying anyway.
Highly recommended for children from 3 to 103.
I have bought this for all friends with new babies...girls and boys. What a gift when we grace our children with the power of confidence and imagination.
This book was a gift to my daughter, and we ADORE it! I've been reading it to her since she was a year old. At first she likes the pace of the story and the pictures, but I'm hoping the message will stick as she gets older! :-) My eight year old niece also has this book and thinks it's great.