Synopses & Reviews
Combining the romance and enchantment of princesses with a message of youthful female empowerment, these books are about girls who didnt just sit around waiting to be rescued. Against great odds, they changed their own livesand their worlds. Stories of princesses from different cultures and different epochs in history are richly illustrated with photographs, maps, and lovely pen-and-watercolor paintings that help bring these fascinating females to life. On the windswept steppes of Mongolia in the 13th century, a princess was given the chance to rule, and her story is outlined in this book. Sorghaghtani took lands that were ruined by war and made them wealthy again, brought mutual respect and cooperation to a downtrodden and distrustful people, and, in a battle of wits that was like a giant chess game, won the imperial throne for her sons, which gave them the largest empire in the world. Sections on the clothes she wore, the foods she ate, and why she is remembered today are included.
Review
The scrapbook-style design of the series lends itself to easy browsing, but these titles will serve well for reports, too, and are sure to interest readers who are looking for something a little different for their research.” School Library Journal
Review
Nguyens cartoonish illustrations and Bridges cheekily humorous text are entertaining.” Horn Book Guide
Synopsis
Richly illustrated and narrated with touches of irreverent humor, The Thinking Girl's Treasury of Real Princesses tells the tales of real princesses who did what few thought possible. This book, Sorghaghtani of Mongolia, brings to life the story of a real and remarkable princess who, given a chance to rule, did not exactly steal the imperial throne but won it in a battle of wits, and handed her sons the largest empire in the world.
Synopsis
On the wind-swept steppes of Mongolia, in a battle of wits like a giant chess game, a princess won for her sons the imperial throne. This is the story of Sorghaghtani, a real and remarkable princess who handed her sons the largest empire in the world.
Synopsis
On the wind-swept steppes of Mongolia in the thirteenth century, a princess was given the chance to rule. She took lands that had been ruined by war and made them wealthy again, brought mutual respect and cooperation to a downtrodden and distrustful people, and in a battle of wits that was like a giant chess game, won for her sons the imperial throne. This is the story of Sorghaghtani, a real and remarkable princess who handed her sons the largest empire in the world.
Richly illustrated and narrated with humor, The Thinking Girls Treasury of Real Princesses brings to life the stories of real and remarkable princesses who managed to do what few thought possible.
About the Author
Shirin Yim Bridges first book, Ruby's Wish, was a Publishers Weekly Best Childrens Book and won the Ezra Jack Keats award. It is on several state reading lists, has been translated into seven languages, and is now in its eleventh edition. The Umbrella Queen made TIME/CNNs Top 10 Lists and was also named a Best Childrens Book by the Bank Street College of Education. Horrible Hauntings won an IRA/CBC Children's Choices Award. Mary Wrightly So Politely launched in April 2013 to starred reviews in both Kirkus and Publishers Weekly. To date, every book that Shirin has written or published has achieved national acclaim.
Responsible for the pen-and-watercolor illustrations that bring our princesses to life, Albert Nguyen received his MFA from the Academy of Art in 2006. He grew up in Minnesota before moving to San Francisco. In addition to being fond of drawing, painting, comics, and cartoons, Albert has a special affection for chubby animals.
The Thinking Girls Treasury of Real Princesses are his first childrens books.