Little Feminist Book Club: Princess Daisy and the Dragon and the Nincompoop Knights
When I was sharing a book for International Women's Day earlier this month I couldn't think of a better one than this wonderful might princess book!! And of course it makes the perfect addition to our Little Feminist Book Club series.
The trouble with most fairytales
is that they sound the same.
There’s usually a problem
and a dragon who’s to blame.
And sometimes there’s a tower
with a princess stuck inside,
A kingly dad and lots of knights
Who often want a bride.
But though this is a fairytale
With all the usual team,
If you read on you’ll find that things
Aren’t always what they seem.
Princess Daisy and the Dragon and the Nincompoop Knights by Steven Lenton is a
lot more than just an amusing title! It’s BookBairn’s favourite book at the
moment and Princess Daisy is a lot more than your regular princess. She uses
the evidence of all the strange and frightening things that are happening in
her town to conclude that they have a dragon problem.
So her father, the king, sends away for some knights to slay the dragon. But these knights “are twits, it’s plain to see” at least to Daisy it’s plain to see! But Daisy’s father says she must stay safe in her tower. The knights, the nincompoops that they are, fail in various ways but there is a fourth knight, a strange knight - with no armour and riding a cow. But it turns out that the dragon is just a baby - all she wanted was some milk, a cuddle and a book. Daisy, it turns out, is much better at soothing dragons than the nincompoop knights. And at this point in the story comes one of my all time favourite picture book quotes:
So her father, the king, sends away for some knights to slay the dragon. But these knights “are twits, it’s plain to see” at least to Daisy it’s plain to see! But Daisy’s father says she must stay safe in her tower. The knights, the nincompoops that they are, fail in various ways but there is a fourth knight, a strange knight - with no armour and riding a cow. But it turns out that the dragon is just a baby - all she wanted was some milk, a cuddle and a book. Daisy, it turns out, is much better at soothing dragons than the nincompoop knights. And at this point in the story comes one of my all time favourite picture book quotes:
Girls are clever, tough and bold
And brave and strong and true
We’re just as good as boys, you know
We can be heroes too!
Such an empowering message of a princess who is a bit mightier
than some of the old-fashioned ones. But of course, Daisy and the Dragon and
the knights all live happily ever after.
But it’s one that we love and read over and over! 100s of times!
And with a mighty girl message in each read for BookBairn it’s a truly
wonderful story!
Happy Reading,
Kim and the
bairns x
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What a great title and what a great book. The illustrations look fabulous, and to get a personal illustration is even more fabulous. Great stuff.
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