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Pirate Princess (2012)

by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen(Favorite Author)

3.39 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0061142425 (ISBN13: 9780061142420)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

HarperCollins

review 1: Not quite sure how I feel about this, since the poor wee girly was inept at all the lowliest pirate jobs. But then again, those were mostly traditional women's work. Her main skill was both very useful and required them to use her for financial gain...okay, the feminist in me is over thinking it, but it's not the kind of "girl power" story I'd pick for a storytime. Nice use of pirate talk, though.
review 2: Bea is not your usual princess when we first meet her she is standing on her head and she would rather read a book than wear fancy clothes and she has no interest in meeting a handsome prince. Bea does have a dream - she wants to be a pirate. One afternoon she comes across a pirate ship and convinces the crew that they should add her to their crew. She th... morerows herself into being a pirate, but it is a struggle. Her first task, swabbing the deck, makes her shoulders sore and the mop is "really gross." She is next assigned to the galley, where she whips up an inedible stew. She gets seasick. Just when it seems like she is going to have to walk the plank, the pirates discover she has a gift for sniffing out treasure, and she is welcomed into the pirate band. This story is filled with fun, great illustrations and a reminder that we all have gifts and talents. less

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