Princess Elizabeth lived in a castle and was to marry Prince Ronald. He was a spoiled Prince. One day a dragon came and ruined the castle, burned all of Elizabeth’s clothes, and took off with the Prince. Elizabeth makes a paper bag dress for herself to wear and goes to rescue her prince.This is the 25 year edition full of how the story came to Robert Munsch and the real life Elizabeth who inspired the story. There was also a very interest biography on both Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko. I enjoyed all the background information as much as the story.
This is a fun story with a twist at the end. The illustrations were beautiful. I want to thank Mr. Munsch for making the main character Princess Elizabeth a strong female with thoughts of her own. this is a must read, for little girls especially. Highly recommended!
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I just read this to my daughter in Chapters yesterday, and she thought it was great.
I’d say this would be a great read for my daughter, but lately she’s been having nightmares involving dragons. LOL
–Anna
Diary of an Eccentric
I saw R. Munsch narrated this with a couple of kids from the audience when he performed down here a few years ago. Cute!
NotNessie, I’m glad she enjoyed it!
Anna, that’s too bad. The Princess Elizabeth does subdue the dragon, if that helps.
Chris, I would love to see him. I guess I’m a kid at heart. I missed out on all these great Canadian Children’s books authors when I was growing up.
This does sound like a fun story, Teddy. I like that the princess does the rescuing.
Wendy, she rescues the prince and herself from the prince in the end. LOL!
Margaret, I bet your daughter would love it.
My daughter and I have read a few of his books but not this one. She would love it!