Do Princesses Scrape Their Knees?

by Carmela LaVigna Coyle

Book Overview

When I grow up can I be sporty like you? You can do anything you set your mind to. This is NOT your average big-sister princess This active princess plays soccer, does yoga, falls on the ice, and scrapes her knobby knees while showing her little brother how to be sporty, too. This charming story helps children see that it's okay to fall down and scrape their knees when trying something new, even when showing off for a sibling. It's the trying and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873589092
• ISBN13: 9780873589093
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Cooper Square Pub
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.8" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Wonderful!

Another lovely entry in this series. I love that the "Princess's" little brother looks up to her, that her activities are a good mix (ballet and soccer both - why choose?). I especially love the soccer panel, where we learn that girls don't have to try not to win just because they're playing against a boy. I'm glad to have an example like this for my daughter.

Love the Princess books!

My Uncle started us on the Princess books. These are very very well written and fun to read. My daughter who is not real dainty and "princess-like" can relate to these books. She is into the outdoors and playing with her brother. This book shows that you can still be a princess even if you are not into "princess" things. Great book!

Fun drawings illustrate the problems with sports and how they can still be fun despite the falls!

This isn't your ordinary princess: she does yoga, falls on ice, and scrapes her knees: can she be a real princess? Carmela Coyle's engaging story tells not just of an active girl, but one who regular falls and comes back. Fun drawings illustrate the problems with sports and how they can still be fun despite the falls! Amy Costales's bilingual Spanish/English tale Lupe Vargas and her Super Best Friend (0873588886, $15.95) tells of Lupe and Martiza, super best friends who enjoy imagining adventures together. The course of their friendship is followed in a new bilingual edition which follows their daily adventures and mishaps and shows what it means to be best friends.

Another great Princess Story...

As usual, Carmela has created an endearing story about the "Princess" who has exciting adventures. Do Princesses Scrape Their Knees? is catchy book with cute rhymes and adorable pictures. For kids, sometimes that's the most entertaining part of a book. The princess in the story is nice to her brother and encourages him to try new things while sometimes demonstrating and falling herself. The moral of the story is good. Keep trying and don't worry if you fail. Be a good sport about it. I liked this story almost as much as Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots? This is probably my favorite author of story books for little girls.