by Karen Scalf Linamen/Illustrated by Phyllis Hornung
Revell, 2006
Most little girls think about how it would feel to be a princess. Here's a book about a little girl who believe she was a princess, in spite of the dirt under her nails, pocketful of marbles, bangs that had a life of their own, and a nose topped with freckles. But ask her big sister Evangeline, and she'd tell you a different story. Evangeline has a problem with self-esteem--she thinks she's perfect--so she's not especially eager to label her unusual little sister a princess. And she wasn't shy about expressing those feelings to everyone who would listen.
Madison fretted. What if everything Evangeline said was really true? What if she really was not a princess after all? Her first reaction was to to get even with Evangeline, to shut her big mouth forever. But Madison came up with an even better plan: She would try to catch a frog at Blue Moon Bay. A frog test would settle the question of royalty once and for all--wouldn't it?
Young children ages 4-8 will relate to Madison's feelings, as they try to fit in with the "norm," but what's most important is the underlying theme of the book: each of us is valuable to God, and you don't need to dress up to catch his attention or to feel like a princess.
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