Ermengarde the Expansive

by Stephanie Mesler

A fire breathing dragon has entered your realm? No problem! A star falls from the sky? Catch it! Don't like the prince you are obligated to marry? Dump him! Your daddy's the king and he thinks you aren't worth his attention much less capable of ruling the realm? Prove him wrong! Ermengarde the Expansive had a lot to overcome in spite if being born royal. Through strength and perseverance, she grew in power, stature, and, most importantly, self esteem. Ermengarde is the princess our daughters could and should aspire to emulate.

26 pages, Paperback

First published May 26, 2012

About the author

Stephanie Mesler has lived enough places to know the one she lives in now, Florida's Space Coast, is pretty fabulous. She is the author of Soul Hill Lullabies, a poem cycle, and Mothers' Days, a full-length play, as well as Adventures and Confessions of a Fat Lady Who Sings (a memoir), Love Lines, Under The Sheets, and GodSongs (poetry collections), Ermengarde The Expansive (a fairy tale) and Escape From Pig Hill, her first novel.

Mesler is currently prepping Ermengarde the Expansive and the Falling Star for publication in 2017 She is also finishing the first draft of The Road Home, a sequel to Escape From Pig Hill.

Reviews

[Kathleen Yohanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't know what to say about this book. it is not a children's book as I first expected. It is funny and cute but also very suggestive. It reminds me of the books I write for my own pleasure. Give it a try you will enjoy this book.

[Ami E. Bowen]

Ermegad, it's Ermengarde!

[Gkoenn]

Cute fairy tale with modern mentality. I want to get a copy for my 3 yr old niece.

[Mary E. Hastings · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a bit odd, but cute. It's an incredibly short story -- took maybe fifteen minutes or less to read. At first it seems to be a child's fairy tale, but it is a bit too adult for that in some of its subject matter. I wouldn't call it a great literary genius or anything, but for the fifteen minutes it took to read it? Yeah. I'd say it was time well spent.

[NaTaya Hastings · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh. I wasn't very impressed. Trite and doesn't fit well into any category. Too suggestive to be a children's fairy tale. Too silly to be enjoyed by adults... Meh.