This book tells the story of Princess Elizabeth that saves Prince Ronald, her future husband.After outwitting a dragon, Elizabeth rescues the prince from his captivity in the dragon’s lair. This book has a potential to teach children that you can accomplish anything despite your gender. At the end of the book, Elizabeth is with the Prince and he said “Elizabeth you are a mess.” and “Come back when you are dressed like a real princess.” (Munsch, 46). Her reply to this remark is “ You look like a real prince but you are a bum.”(Munsch, 48). After reading this picture book, the child reader can understand that it is not what you look on the outside but the inside that counts. Depriving children of the knowledge can be detrimental to the acceptance of how other people act, dress, live, and eat. In the book Charlotte's Web, a controversial character is Wilbur the pig. In the story he is written as an anthropomorphic animal, this gives him human-like qualities even though he is an animal. This novel is fantasy fiction, and a reason for censorship some may not want children to think that animals can talk and have feelings just like them. Adults may not want children thinking that they can talk to animals and make stories up as it is not
This book tells the story of Princess Elizabeth that saves Prince Ronald, her future husband.After outwitting a dragon, Elizabeth rescues the prince from his captivity in the dragon’s lair. This book has a potential to teach children that you can accomplish anything despite your gender. At the end of the book, Elizabeth is with the Prince and he said “Elizabeth you are a mess.” and “Come back when you are dressed like a real princess.” (Munsch, 46). Her reply to this remark is “ You look like a real prince but you are a bum.”(Munsch, 48). After reading this picture book, the child reader can understand that it is not what you look on the outside but the inside that counts. Depriving children of the knowledge can be detrimental to the acceptance of how other people act, dress, live, and eat. In the book Charlotte's Web, a controversial character is Wilbur the pig. In the story he is written as an anthropomorphic animal, this gives him human-like qualities even though he is an animal. This novel is fantasy fiction, and a reason for censorship some may not want children to think that animals can talk and have feelings just like them. Adults may not want children thinking that they can talk to animals and make stories up as it is not