An empowerment-focused keepsake edition of one of the world’s best-loved picture books
40 years. 7 million copies. 1 kick-ass princess who has inspired generations of readers to stand up for themselves.
How do you celebrate an occasion as special as 40 years in print for a book as beloved as The Paper Bag Princess? You track down some of the most poignant commentary about the story; you share behind-the-scenes insights from the author and his partner; and you present it all in a beautiful package that showcases the story like never before.
To mark The Paper Bag Princess’s 40th anniversary, Annick has done just this, creating a gift-worthy deluxe hardcover featuring extra thick paper, a beautiful dust jacket, and a hidden second cover that reimagines the original cover imagery, plus commentary from renowned authors Francesca Segal (The Innocents) and Chelsea Clinton (She Persisted). Publishing in time for International Women’s Day in March, this gorgeous edition celebrates an enduring story that has had a profound effect on countless readers around the world.
Forty years after it first published, The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko continues to inspire kids to stand up not only to dragons, but to the conventions that try to force them into moulds that sometimes just don't fit. In this deluxe anniversary edition readers get the same familiar, laugh-out-loud story that has inspired generations of feminists, in a beautiful new package including a preface from Chelsea Clinton, an afterword from Robert and Ann Munsch, and a powerful call-to-action from writer Francesca Segal about the book's lasting impact.
“One of my children’s favourites was always Robert Munsch’s The Paper Bag Princess …. There is nothing more subversively empowering than reciting from memory those great last lines, when the enterprising Princess Elizabeth rescues the ghastly and feeble Prince Ronald from the dragon – and then dumps him: “‘You look like a nice guy, but guess what? You are a bum.’ And they didn’t get married after all.” There’s power for you, in a nutshell.” —Mary Beard, The Guardian
