Why the Wide Range of Ratings?? -- a review of "The Princess Knight"

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	• The Princess Knight (Booklist Editor's Choice. Books for Youth (Awards)) Cornelia Funke, Kerstin Meyer, 2004 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 15 reviews view larger image
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great book for girls or boys

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.

Why the Wide Range of Ratings?? -- a review of "The Princess Knight"

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 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 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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Totally Awesome!!!!

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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great children's book

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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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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