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The Trouble With Princesses
Retells stories about Northwest Coast princesses and compares them with similar Old World princesses.
167 pages
First published January 1, 1980
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Christie Harris
42 books2 followersA Canadian children's author best known for her portrayal of Haida First Nations culture in the 1966 novel Raven's Cry.
In 2002, the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize was created in her honor.
In 2002, the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize was created in her honor.
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June 17, 2023
A childhood favorite that scared and delighted me
March 13, 2018
This was a really great collection of Native American tales about princesses. And I learned a lot from reading them.
January 28, 2011
Themes: Love, adversity, jealousy, magic, family
Setting: Pacific Northwest
Kind of funny to me that the category is named Navajo tacos, but these are all about totally different tribes of Native Americans. This got put on my TBR list so long ago, I don't remember how it got here or why, but by the time I got the book, I was surprised by the content. I was expecting more of a humorous take on the traditional princesses story, but this is folk tales based on the tribes of the Pacific Northwest, with ravens and eagles and canoes and bear tallow and totems and so on. Very different from what I expected.
Written for younger readers, but some stories of star-crossed lovers and a clever girl who performs four tasks (four is the magic number there) to win her powerful lover, a girl who brings back magic to her totem, (that one was confusing), and - my favorite - Two Eagles, a story about a young "prince" who is driven out by a jealous uncle, finds an enchanted bride with eagle powers and wins her love, goes back to his village, and almost loses his bride by his own foolishness. Fortunately, he wises up just in time. That one was sweet and funny.
Kind of a strange book, really, but I'm glad to find it because I can count it for this category and it was empty before. 2.5 stars. Some kind of cool illustrations.
Setting: Pacific Northwest
Kind of funny to me that the category is named Navajo tacos, but these are all about totally different tribes of Native Americans. This got put on my TBR list so long ago, I don't remember how it got here or why, but by the time I got the book, I was surprised by the content. I was expecting more of a humorous take on the traditional princesses story, but this is folk tales based on the tribes of the Pacific Northwest, with ravens and eagles and canoes and bear tallow and totems and so on. Very different from what I expected.
Written for younger readers, but some stories of star-crossed lovers and a clever girl who performs four tasks (four is the magic number there) to win her powerful lover, a girl who brings back magic to her totem, (that one was confusing), and - my favorite - Two Eagles, a story about a young "prince" who is driven out by a jealous uncle, finds an enchanted bride with eagle powers and wins her love, goes back to his village, and almost loses his bride by his own foolishness. Fortunately, he wises up just in time. That one was sweet and funny.
Kind of a strange book, really, but I'm glad to find it because I can count it for this category and it was empty before. 2.5 stars. Some kind of cool illustrations.
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