Princess Nada And The City Of Ice (New Tales Of The Arabian Nights Part 1)
By all accounts, the small kingdom of Astara was a prosperous one. The people defined success by one's outer beauty and wealth. Princess Nada, however, didn't meet these standards. Citizens laughed because she talked to animals; some said she wasn't pretty. Only Faruq, the gardener, understood her spirit and true beauty. One day, Nada saw enemy ships approaching, and she told her father. He didn't believe her, so she asked her bird friends to sound the alarm. No one would listen. With the help of Jabr, her parrot, they escaped to the kingdom of the Snow King and Snow Queen. How could they help?
This is a refreshing story. The illustrations are wonderful and the "princess" element is actually pretty muted.
This is a story that started as an orchestral piece. It would be nice to have an audio CD as part of the standard book to truly lend drama to the imagery conveyed in the story and illustrations.
I like fairy tales, and it has a happy ending. The pictures were colorful. The cover reminded me of a Disney movie.
This was a surprise. I expected yet another take on the commoner-falls-in-love-the-princess theme, but it wasn't. Faruq merely plays the role of a person (v. an animal) who believes Nada, he is not the Prince Charming that we are used to in the Disney Princesses stories. The illustrations and page detail lend a lot to the story.
This picture book offers a fairy-tale setting for a story about compassion, ignorance, and greed.
It might take some creativity, but there are plenty of things to share in this book...not the least of which is dispel the "Disney Princess" version of princesses. There are themes of friendship, respect (for people, plants, animals), kindness, being true to one's self, compassion, integrity, to name a few.
3.9
8 to 12
6 to 10
Read by students at Menchville High School as part of our Use Your ABCs program.
Borrow. This is a nice story and the illustrations are beautiful. It does not, however, offer characters of such depth and interest that you'll want them around forever.
| Title | Princess Nada and the City of Ice |
| About | New Tales af the Arabian Nights Part 1 |
| Author | Robert J. Resetar, Mary Knudson Schulte |
| Publisher | Galde Press, Inc. © 1997 |
| Illustrators | Mary Knudson Schulte |
| ISBN | 1880090554 |
| Material | Hard Cover |
| Cost | $16.95 |
| Genres | Friendship, Life Lessons, Fairy Tale |
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