The Princess Knight
by:
Cornelia Funke (author)
Kerstin Meyer (illustrator)
Violetta is a little princess who wants to be as strong and brave as her brothers. And what she lacks in size, she makes up for in determination. At night she slips out into the woods and secretly teaches herself to become the cleverest, most nimble knight in the land. Soon she will be ready for...
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Violetta is a little princess who wants to be as strong and brave as her brothers. And what she lacks in size, she makes up for in determination. At night she slips out into the woods and secretly teaches herself to become the cleverest, most nimble knight in the land. Soon she will be ready for the greatest battle of all - the battle for herself.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781904442141 (1904442145)
Publish date: 2004-06-01
Publisher: Chicken House Ltd
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
Genre: Family / Feminism / Medieval Ages / Children's Book Year Published: 2001 Year Read: 2011 Publisher: The Chicken House I was reading this book for the Children's Book Picture Book Club for the theme of royalty and I was so into this book! “The Princess Knight” is a children's book by Co...
The king has three sons and has raised them how his father raised him. But the queen has another child, a daughter this time, and the queen passed away after giving birth.The little princess was named Violetta and with the queen being gone, her father was left to raise her and he raised the same way...
Sweet feminist tale of a princess with a lot of ideas and talents and a firm idea about not marrying some dimwitted knight.
Well done. Love that canny princess and her rose shield. Funke writes great fairy tales, we all love Igraine the Brave as well. The author blurb (I was looking to see how to pronounce "Funke". Is it "funk-ee" I wonder? that's what we call her at my house because we have a very low threshold for ...
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