Princess stories for feminists?

[fishandlilacs]

Can anyone recommend some good stories for a 6 yr old girl who is princess obsessed, but with a less sappy, candy floss, oh prince come save me attitude please?

I have recently come across some babette cole stuff which i like but looking for more ideas please

[BunnyLebowski]

There was a book featured on Bookaboo called The Worst Princess which properly sent up the whole damsel in distress cliché.

It was rather fun .

[evelynj]

Have you seen little princess? There are probably books but the tv series is great!

I loved the worst witch when I was wee :)

[AuntieStella]

Ella's Big Chance - a reworking of Cinderella which twists the end, with Ella jilting the Prince to run away with her best friend Buttons.

[Rosie55]

Julia Donaldson's 'The Princess and the Wizard' is good - the princess gets herself out of trouble by using her own ingenuity.

[TapselteerieO]

Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole for younger readers. My DS really liked it, the illustrations are not girlie either.

[TapselteerieO]

Oops didn't see age, should have read your op more carefully.

[HesneyChalks]

The Paperbag Princess is the best!!!! My dd loves it and so do I. Please check it out.

[HesneyChalks]

Here's a link www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1554512115?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

Honestly, buy it, it's fab!!

[mrsyattering]

The worst Princess by Anna Kemp is good, my 6yr old dd likes it. She also still enjoys Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole. Her teacher read it to her P1 class

[ArabellaBeaumaris]

The Wrestling Princess.

[phantomnamechanger]

Zog by Julia Donaldson is about a dragon who gets into lots of scrapes learning all the things dragons have to learn, including kidnapping the princess who is then rescued by a dazzling knight. BUT she then decided she does not want to return to the palace and her silly frilly dresses and goes off on dragon back as a flying doctor.

[TolliverGroat]

There's a good list of princess books at A Mighty Girl.

[LittleFrieda]

The one where the two ugly sisters spend their entire lives debating the metanarrative of the power of the patriarchy is excellent.

[fishandlilacs]

thank you everyone

[TanteRose]

My DD loved Princesses are not Quitters

[TeWiSavesTheDay]

Maybe a bit young? But DD loves the princess and the peas

[TerrariaMum]

Patricia Wrede's Enchanted Forest Chronicles though those may be a read aloud choice or mm kaye's The Ordinary Princess.

[Takver]

I would second the Ordinary Princess :) Just right for a 6 y/o

[tribpot]

I third The Ordinary Princess - I love that book.

[jeee]

The Last of the Dragons, E Nesbit.

Might be the best part of a century old, but any book that has the princess pointing out that she's better at fencing and fighting than any of the local princes has to be mentioned.

[weblette]

Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke is great