tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918136276146677490.post2077856134005077102..comments2022-03-27T00:37:41.890-04:00Comments on 123oleary: Be The HeroSara O'Learyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072523590967285445noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918136276146677490.post-65117243402951638362014-12-05T09:15:45.671-05:002014-12-05T09:15:45.671-05:00Like children, like authors, I suppose. Kudos to a...Like children, like authors, I suppose. Kudos to all those who dare to dream (of princesses) outside the lines!! Sadie is wonderful.Kerryhttp://www.picklemethis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918136276146677490.post-54148906022395442762014-12-05T08:11:12.540-05:002014-12-05T08:11:12.540-05:00Hi Kerry, Thanks for commenting. I had a feeling y...Hi Kerry, Thanks for commenting. I had a feeling you might have feelings about this!<br />That Olivia and the Fairy Princesses is a good book to bring into the discussion--love Olivia and I think Ian Falconer is so smart about all that. There are indeed options.<br />So much is down to marketing these days and the princess thing does slot neatly into that whole boy's aisle/girl's aisle approach to books, toys and ultimately choices. <br />Given that the name Sarah means princess and that Sadie is a diminutive of that name (my grandmother's name), I guess I'm trying to sneak in a princess I can feel good about. The kind who is capable of rescuing herself if need be and the kind who can imagine herself into any story she may choose.<br /> Sara O'Learyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12072523590967285445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918136276146677490.post-7198922735633955502014-12-04T09:50:00.280-05:002014-12-04T09:50:00.280-05:00Amazing! So excited about this book. And of two mi...Amazing! So excited about this book. And of two minds about the princess thing (which is probably a fine way to be). I struggle with this idea of "princess culture" and "the princess stage", as though these have always been *things*, when they're such a recent marketing invention. When I was little, no one had a "princess stage". (We were all too busy playing Orphanage anyway...). I also struggle with the narrowness of playing princess (which seems to involve buying copious amounts of mercy from the Disney store)—as Olivia asks in Olivia and the Fairy Princesses: "Why is is always a pink princess? There are options, you know." That said, play is important. Be the hero indeed. I think that both the pro and anti Princess set both have good intentions, and the point is that neither side should be undermining their little ones' freedom to imagine<br /><br />Anyway, apparently I have strong feelings about this...kerryhttp://www.picklemethis.comnoreply@blogger.com