The Book of Fairy Princes

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Summary: Lovely imaginative book-
Review: I love Isabel Wyatt's books. She writes fairy tales, not PC versions of those we grew up with, nor gory, horrible ones, but tales from her own imagination. Each of these tales involes a Fairy Prince, but all are different. She doesn't tend to have them rescuing princesses like in traditional fairy tales- oh no, the gender roles are better than that. When a princess is involved, she is strong and capable, and has an talent the prince needs. Bad things do happen, but not gory pointless, bad things. These are the fairy tales of dreams, not nightmares.

I found this a great book for boys- usually the fairy type books are pretty specific in their intent to captivate girls. Princes are only included in a romantic way. Well, these are not romantic tales, nor are they the typical male books that leave out girls entirely, or put them in a subservient role. These have very few girls in them (it is about Fairy Princes after all), but the girls in there can hold their own!

This book is for older children and is far less repetitive than the Seven Year Old Wonder Book. Still, I read it to my 6 yo (along with the 7 YOWB and King Beetle Tamer) and he loves them all.