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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Quennith | Apr 11, 2009 |  1   This is a great fantasy for girls. It's about a princess who HATES doing what princesses are 'supposed' to do: sewing, learning proper manners, dancing, meeting boring prince's, etc. When her parents are sick of her and decide to marry her off whether she likes it or not, she decides to run off and be a dragon's princess. The first in a series of 4 books, this is the only one I've read so far but the day after reading I picked up the next two! (  )jfoster_sf | Mar 10, 2009 | Merideth Says: Princess Cimorene, dark haired, intellegent and headstrong, is not a proper princess. So, when her marriage to the totally proper and totally annoying Therendril is announced, she runs away, on the advice of a frog, and becomes Princess to the dragon Kazul. There she is allowed to cook, clean, read Latin and learn magic. Cimorene discovers wizards, where no wizard should be, and with the help of her friends Allinora and the witch Morwen, must foil their evil plot. I loved this series as a pre-teen, and recently listened to the audio with my 6-year old. It holds up. Hearing it as a mom, I'm glad that there are girls like Cimorene for my daughter to hear about. (cross-posted from MeriJenBen) ( )59Square | Feb 20, 2009 | Amusing, but lags a little bit. Princess Cimorene is a really likable character, but nowadays the idea of a feminist princess really probably isn't as surprising as it was when the book was first published almost twenty years ago. The plot lags a bit--I was expecting more action and adventure--but is a nice, light read. The fairy tale references are quite amusing. (  )RGQuimby | Feb 17, 2009 | 1 Great series! So much fun! (  )bfertig | Feb 11, 2009 | 0.101 seconds to build listing
Amazon.com (ISBN 0152229000, Hardcover)Cimorene, princess of Linderwall, is a classic tomboy heroine with classic tomboy strengths--all of which are perceived by those around her as defects: "As for the girl's disposition--well, when people were being polite, they said she was strong-minded. When they were angry or annoyed with her, they said she was as stubborn as a pig." Cimorene, tired of etiquette and embroidery, runs away from home and finds herself in a nest of dragons. Now, in Cimorene's world--a world cleverly built by author Patricia C. Wrede on the shifting sands of myriad fairy tales--princesses are forever being captured by dragons. The difference here is that Cimorene goes willingly. She would rather keep house for the dragon Kazul than be bored in her parents' castle. With her quick wit and her stubborn courage, Cimorene saves the mostly kind dragons from a wicked plot hatched by the local wizards, and worms her way into the hearts of young girls everywhere.While the characters are sometimes simplistically drawn, adults and children will have fun tracing the sources of the various fairy tales Wrede plunders for her story. Dealing with Dragons is the first book in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, and most young readers will want to devour the entire series. (Ages 10 and older) --Claire Dederer (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:13 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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This book is light and funny, playing with the stereotypes found in fairy tales and fantasy while still being a compelling tale in its own right. I recommend this to both boys and girls, as I have known people of both genders who adored the book. I would recommend this to late elementary schoolers or middle schoolers, depending on their individual reading abilities. This book would also be very cute read aloud. (