While the wideawake princess is a book aimed at younger readers, i didnt think that the author dumbed anything down. The second book in the wideawake princess series, a magical retelling of sleeping beauty, by the author of the frog princess. The frog princess was the inspiration for disneys hit movie the princess and the frog. Reprint edition january 3, 2012 unlocking the spell aka the princesss promise 2012 isbn 9781619631946 bloomsbury usa childrens. What if sleeping beautys parents didnt behave like fools twice. Princess between worlds just as annie and liam are busy making plans to travel the world, a witch shows up and gives them a collection of postcards from the magic marketplace. Common knowledge series tales of the wideawake princess.
The wide awake princess is about your lessthanroyal princess, annie, and her somehowmorethangorgeous sister, gwendolyn, who just happens to be sleeping beauty. Based on an excerpt from the wideawake princess by ed baker. Serious fun for those im a big fan of fractured fairy tales, and the wideawake princess is a fun one. Everything works out in the end and annie is a wonderful character who it is easy to cheer for.
Myself and a few other swell gals run a twilight fanfiction blog, the lazy, yet discerning ficster. Mar 21, 2020 ive created these pins for readers advisory. The wideawake princess 2010 isbn 9781599906584 bloomsbury usa childrens. Annabelle, the younger, very much unmagical younger sister of gwendolyn, she of sleeping beauty fame. With fanfavorite characters making special appearances from e. Books similar to princess in disguise the wideawake.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the wideawake. It promotes autonomy, resourcefulness, and good personhood over being pretty or beautiful. Sleeping beauty wake up from the 100year curse by finding her beloved prince, you. The wideawake princess, volume 1 volume 1 of tales of the wideawake princess the wideawake princess. I wrote company loves misery for wa rehab, winners of the fgb auction.
In this book, annie and liam are supposed to get married, but there are lots of problems that they have to figure out before they can do so. She was protected from her sisters fate by being made unaffected by magic and nullifying or reflecting any magic in her vicinity. If you enjoy this book, you might want to check out these other similar reads. When the curse is activated, its up to annie and the faithful guard, liam to break the curse. Books and authors top teaching blog teachers tool kit student activities. They have other animals on the property as well, this including cats, dogs, and goats, not to mention a duck or two. Liam was only a few years older than annie and taller than most boys his age.
I was on a twilight fanfiction panel at san diego comiccon 09 with eight fellow ficsters. The narratives are full of fun, romance, action, and adventure. The wide awake princess series tales of the frog princess series. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Baker is the author of many wonderful books for young readers including the tales of the frog princess series the first of which was the basis for the disney hit the princess and the frog, as well as the previous three books in the wideawake princess series. Princess annie is frustratingly and luckily resistant to magic.
The wideawake princess by katherine paterson is an original fairy tale that reveals the rewards of overcoming ignorance and using ones own mind to bring about change. The wideawake princess has 10 entries in the series overdrive rakuten overdrive borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. When her sister gwen pricks her finger and the whole castle falls asleep, only annie stays awake. Its like you get transformed into the books land of storiesbuy the way read the land of stories its awesome. The hardcover of the princess before dawn wideawake princess series. Buy a cheap copy of the wideawake princess book by e. The wideawake princess tales of the wideawake princess. Fiction annie and liams wedding day looks as if its going to be perfect, until everything starts to go wrong. She lives with her family and their many animals in maryland. The wideawake princess series of novels make use of a clever subversion of classic fairy tales such as rapunzel, sleeping beauty, and hansel and gretel, among others to make for unique stories. Baker 2016, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. The complete series list for a tale of the wideawake princess e. The wideawake princess princess annie is frustratingly and luckily resistant to magic.
The main character exhibits courage and adventurousness, even saving a prince or two rather than waiting passively to be rescued. Baker is the author of seven books in the tales of the wideawake princess series, including the wideawake princess, unlocking the spell, the bravest princess, princess in disguise, princess between worlds, the princess and the pearl, and princess before dawn, as well as the tales of the frog princess series, the fairytale matchmaker series, the magic animal rescue series, the more. The tale of the wideawake princess series in order e. The wideawake princess tales of the wideawake princess book 1 kindle edition by baker, e. I think this book is so good that it deserves a sequel. Sleeping beautys younger, nonmagical sister, annie, still cant rest while trouble in the kingdom threatens her good friend, snow white. A tale of the wideawake princess is the fourth book in the wideawake series from e. As with gail carson levines fairy tale retellings, i often find that theres not enough substance there for a really satisfying read, but the wideawake princess and books like it are a nice introduction to the genre for young readers. Princess in disguise wideawake princess series by e. Since then, the author has written numerous other childrens book.
Parents need to know that the wideawake princess is an alternative to typical princess fare. The wideawake princess, unlocking the spell, and the bravest princess. When her sister falls asleep, she goes on a quest to find her sisters true love, to wake her up. This fractured fairy tale will be enjoyed by readers who like adventure with a touch of romance. If you like fairytales and if you like rewritten fairytales and books written by e. Baker contents cover title dedication prologue chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7 chapter 8 chapter 9 chapter 10 chapter 11 chapter 12 chapter chapter 14 chapter 15 chapter 16 acknowledgments also by the author imprint this book is dedicated to my fans, whose loyalty and. Annie is an enjoyable, independent, and undaunted character, who uses wits and skills rather than spells in her endeavors. Despite her familys precautions and banishing of spinning wheels, gwennie accidentally pricks her finger on a spinning wheel that she gets as a gift on her sixteenth birthday. Snow whites evil stepmother has disappeared, and her father wants her married off right away but who should she choose.
Bakers beloved tales of the frog princess series, this addition to the wideawake princess. Here, the series continues to reimagine princesses as courageous, compassionate, ethical heroines whose looks are the least important thing about them. Now its up to annie to find a prince to kiss her sister and break the spell. Living on a small farm in maryland allows baker the chance to partake in the breeding of horses. Each postcard gives annie and liam the opportunity to travel to exotic lands and farflung kingdoms. This book tells the tale of sleeping beautys sister, the wide awake princess. For parents who are hesitant about princess books, heres one that will. Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion. Baker is the author of seven books in the tales of the wideawake princess series, including the wideawake princess, unlocking the spell, the bravest princess, princess in disguise, princess between worlds, the princess and the pearl, and princess before dawn, as well as the tales of the frog princess series, the fairytale matchmaker series, the magic animal rescue series, the more than a princess series, and other delightful books for young readers including fairy wings, fairy lies. This is the fourth book in the wideawake princess series. The princess and the pearl the wideawake princess e. Click to read more about the wideawake princess by e. D download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Baker about annie, the younger sister of gwendolyn, or sleeping beauty.
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