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Tag: The Paper Bag Princess
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, ill. Michael Martchenko
I found a nice calm little book and discussed it in a nice calm little way. Fear not, though. There is PLENTY to pick apart. The fact that a Dude In Distress can be simplified to simply "The D.I.D." Who you would cast as the dragon in the movie of this book (which, let's admit it, it's a little weird that it HASN'T been turned into an animated full-length feature film yet)? And how exactly do you pronounce "Munsch"? All will be made clear.
Fusenews: “Someday I’ll go to Winnipeg to win a peg-leg pig”
When two people sent me this link I assumed that everyone must have already seen it. But when it didn’t show up on PW Children’s Bookshelf I decided that perhaps I might have a scoop. At the very least, it appears that when people think Nick Cave meets Dr. Seuss, I’m the logical person to […]
Top 100 Picture Books #86: The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
#86 The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch (1980) 23 points This is deeply satisfying to the children I read it to, and to me as an adult as well. She’s clever, she’s brave and she refuses to subordinate herself. The well placed use of the word “bum” adds a nice bit of levity to […]
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