 | The Princess Knight (Booklist Editor's Choice. Books for Youth (Awards)) by Cornelia Funke
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $0.97 She's tougher than she looks! This story reminds me of Atalanta from Free to Be You and Me (from MY youth - see below). I love the fact that the illustrations are inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry - a great take on art history, and a great take on the traditional happy ending.
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 | Paper Bag Princess (Little Hippo) by Robert N. Munsch
Buy used from: $69.60 She saves the prince, and then . . . well, read it and see.
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 | Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots? by Carmela LaVigna Coyle
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $4.88 For Moms and princesses, about balancing your princesshood with everyday life.
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 | When I Was a Girl . . . I Dreamed by J. P. Matott
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $1.97 A great view of many different lives a woman could choose to live. How wonderful to be young and have so many possibilities before you! How wonderful to be old and remember your youthful dreams . . . and pursue other ones you might not have even dreamed of!
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 | Sleeping Bobby by Mary Pope Osborne
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $4.24 Another great gender reversal - the sleeping beauty is the prince, and he's saved by a wonderful princess.
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 | Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.49 OK, my daughter never got into this one, but I loved it! Cinder Edna lives next door to Cinder Ella and pursues a very different life. She wears comfortable shoes to the ball and has the forethought to tell her name to the prince she meets, so he can find her afterwards!
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 | Snow White: Berry Fairy Tales (Strawberry Shortcake) by Megan E. Bryant
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.60 My daughter's much more into Strawberry Shortcake than I'll ever be, but the message overall is pretty good - the importance of friendship, being nice to others, not getting a big head (ironic considering the overall animated physical proportion of Strawberry and her friends).
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 | Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $9.15 This whole series is a favorite of many little girls I know. We first discovered it in honor of our own favorite Fancy Nancy, who has since passed on from breast cancer. Nancy sure is fancy, but the story line always shows what's more important than all that fancy stuff on the outside. Check out the whole series - it's growing everyday!
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 | Free to Be You and Me by Marlo Thomas
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.99 These were my anthems as a kid in the 70's. My daughter's never quite gotten into this, but maybe someday. Mommies are people, Daddies are people, no one really wants to do housework even though commercials make it look otherwise, don't let your parents tell you who to marry . . . great messages all the way around.
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 | Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $3.78 Surprise! Barbie is amazingly strong in all these movies, especially compared to the Disney wimps. No prince riding in to save her - there's often a male lead (not always romantic), but she's usually the one doing the saving. I don't like the fact that the only non-thin characters are the bad guys or the comic relief, so we make a point to talk about that. Check out the whole series.
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 | Barbie Fairytopia
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.93 See above about Barbie - we love the whole Fairytopia series. Make sure you have the conversation about how unrealistically thin all the characters are - but enjoy Elina and Mariposa's adventures as strong, caring young women.
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 | Shrek (Full Screen Single Disc Edition)
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $2.41 Great twist on the traditional face of beauty and love in a fairy tale.
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 | Happily N'ever After (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $1.48 Another nice twist on the traditional.
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