Definitely more for older people to browse than it is for children. Even if Porath does flag which stories would be appropriate for younger children, the format really doesn't lend itself to antsy little kids: there's just one big picture for each woman, accompanied by a page of text. Just a quick word of warning, I don't think this would make a good book for young children. Yikes! That's not in the picture, but it still isn't very nice! Overall, the system is good, though, and a nice addition to a book that could easily be mistaken for a child-friendly book. The best example I have is a level-1 story in which a woman instructs that the straw costumes being worn by a neighboring tribe (who are, admittedly, invading) should be set on fire. It's been a long time since I read this, and while I do think the rating/warning system are brilliant, I did have a few occasions where I didn't quite agree (though that's probably inevitable).
Porath even includes fun notes flagging details in the pictures that didn't make it into the write up. They get a bit repetitive, since Porath was going for that generic Disney style, but background details make up for the style stagnation.
The pictures are cute, a lot of them kind of cheeky with the women smiling that manic pixie dream-princess smile even in the midst of chaos around them. I'll never have time to do it, considering how many women are in here, but it would be possible to, say, do a school report on some of these women by starting out with these sources. Porath provides a robust bibliography with at least a few sources for each woman, so that you can go read more. Who needs Cinderella when you have Rejected Princesses?"- … ( more) In Rejected Princesses, Jason Porath presents the female role models we never knew we needed! Fun, feminist, and educational, Rejected Princesses commemorates unknown but captivating female heroes, proving that women have been kicking ass for a long, long time and always will. Women of every era, ethnicity, class and orientation are pictured including a princess-cum-pirate from 5th century Denmark, a rebel preacher in 1630s Boston, a Hungarian blood thirsty countess, and a former prostitute that commanded a fleet of 70,000+ men on the Chinese seas. Warrior queens, soldiers, villains, spies, revolutionaries, and many more.
Illustrated in a contemporary animation style, Rejected Princesses dismisses the 'pretty pink princess' stereotype and profiles, through biography, imagery, wit, and humor, badass women throughout time and from all around the world. Here are the real unsung women of history, real and from literature, mythology and folklore.
These are not fantasy tales of blushing ingenues and happily-ever-afters. "A brazen, uproarious collection of illustrations of tough women both historical and fantastical-too awesome, too fierce, and sometimes too weird.
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