I promised a full review of Karen Kingsbury's picture books, and (this time, at least), I'm keeping my word.
"I have nothing against princesses, when they are done right. But I do tend to get up in arms when the story told - especially by Christians - to my daughter features a beautiful, silent, passive, nameless teenage princess who needs only a man chosen for her to marry in order to have a happy ending.
Stories matter, and in this formative period in which my daughter can remember the words to a book after hearing it only once or twice, I'm careful about what she hears, especially if she's hearing about God. That's why I find The Princess and the Three Knights (Zonderkids 2009), by Christian romance novelist Karen Kingsbury, so troubling."
Hop over to the Christianity Today Women's Blog, Hermeneutics, to read the whole thing, and chime in with your own experiences or critiques there.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
The Princess and the Three Knights: a book review
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2 comments:
Man it's good to read your writing again! Also, it's good to see you getting a few folks riled up, hehe.
Great analysis, Amy, and I'm excited to see the tide turning away from traditional gender stereotypes in evangelical circles. Had you posted that blog ten years ago, I bet the percentages of positive feedback would have been much lower. Was there even a Her.meneutics blog back then?
Any chance you might write a book for young girls before I have a daughter someday?
I heart it! And did you notice some of the not nice comments were from men? Hehe. They are befuddled by your brilliance!
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