There's A Princess In The Palace (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
There's a Princess in the Palace by Zoe B. Alley is a great graphic novel for young readers. Due to the amount of text and the organization of the graphics I would recommend this book for readers ages 9-12. This graphic novel is specifically related to fairy tales. It used comic strips to tell the stories of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, the Frog Prince, and the Princess and the Pea. The graphics are very colorful and are sure to attract the attention of readers. The novels are very short and therefore won't lose the interest of the readers. In a classroom, I would have these books available for the simple enjoyment. However, I could also use these types of books with other books that tell similar stories. The students can then compare and contrast the different genres. This was my first experience reading a graphic "novel" and I loved the introduction! I am a huge fan of fairy tales and I thoroughly enjoyed these mixed-up and crazy versions of some of my favorites. I loved that the stories were connected, and it felt like I reading the history of a family. The illustrations were wonderful; I loved that I got to see main characters from the first story (Ashley and Prince Charming) as grandparents in the later stories. I think that my favorite characters were the mice and the witch. It was nice to have another constant throughout all of the stories. The mice were hysterical and made the fairy tales more modern. I would definitely use this collection of stories in a classroom, either as an introduction to short stories (for older grades), or just as a fun reading of fairy tales for the little ones.
What do You think about There's A Princess In The Palace (2010)?
Graphic-y fairy tales with an attitude...what could be better???
—Anvitha
Very clever and cute story combining many favorite fairy tales
—Miriam
Delightful "fractured" retellings of five fairy tales.
—Stefon
Funny, clever way of retelling the classics!
—eliseo530
