From Publishers Weekly
"In this witty, refreshingly contemporary tale," said PW, "Shields and Meisel demonstrate that with a little imagination one's home can indeed be one's castle." Ages 4-8. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Card catalog description
A child imagines herself a princess and contrasts her everyday life with the one she could have in a castle with infinitely permissive parents.
I Am Really A Princess ANNOTATION
A child imagines herself a princess and contrasts her everyday life with the one she could have in a castle with infinitely permissive parents.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
The authors of Lunch Money and Other Poems About School again collaborate in the tale of a young girl with a vivid imagination who pretends that her true parents, the king and queen, will be upset because she has not been treated like a princess. Full color.
FROM THE CRITICS
Publishers Weekly
``One of these days, this family will find out who I really am. And they are going to be very surprised,'' promises the narrator of this witty, refreshingly contemporary tale. Although she's a member of an ordinary family, she pretends to be a misplaced royal who should be enjoying a life of glamour instead of sharing a room with her baby sister. There's ample room for snobbery, but the authors consistently keep the tone light. Meisel ( Monkey-Monkey's Trick ; Your Insides ) matches debut author Shields's entertaining text with diverting, mock-romantic spreads, surrounding the narrator's pampered alter ego with court attendants (the chef doesn't dare serve lima beans to Her Highness); enviable pets (including a pony, kitten, parrot and snake); and friends who stage riotous slumber parties. In this inviting bit of escapism, Shields and Meisel demonstrate that with a little imagination one's home can indeed be one's castle. Ages 4-8. (Sept.)