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I finished a series of books with one of my children recently which bears reccomendation. I very much like fantasy, but alot of it is very male centered, and there is often not good fantasy for girls. (Boys will still enjoy these books).
(No, Ginny, it is not Captain Underwear, with Hairy Potty)
Patricia C. Wrede wrote a series of stories beginning with 'Dealing with Dragons. There are four in all, all are excellently written and great fun.
Princess Cimorene is the heroine in the first book, and remains a character throughout. She is constantly having to fight off doltish princes who think that she wants to be rescued from the dragon, when she does not.
Here's an exerpt from the first book from Amazon.com:
Cimorene, princess of Linderwall, is a classic tomboy heroine with classic tomboy strengths--all of which are perceived by those around her as defects: "As for the girl's disposition--well, when people were being polite, they said she was strong-minded. When they were angry or annoyed with her, they said she was as stubborn as a pig." Cimorene, tired of etiquette and embroidery, runs away from home and finds herself in a nest of dragons. Now, in Cimorene's world--a world cleverly built by author Patricia C. Wrede on the shifting sands of myriad fairy tales--princesses are forever being captured by dragons. The difference here is that Cimorene goes willingly. She would rather keep house for the dragon Kazul than be bored in her parents' castle. With her quick wit and her stubborn courage, Cimorene saves the mostly kind dragons from a wicked plot hatched by the local wizards, and worms her way into the hearts of young girls everywhere.
(No, Ginny, it is not Captain Underwear, with Hairy Potty)
Patricia C. Wrede wrote a series of stories beginning with 'Dealing with Dragons. There are four in all, all are excellently written and great fun.
Princess Cimorene is the heroine in the first book, and remains a character throughout. She is constantly having to fight off doltish princes who think that she wants to be rescued from the dragon, when she does not.
Here's an exerpt from the first book from Amazon.com:
Cimorene, princess of Linderwall, is a classic tomboy heroine with classic tomboy strengths--all of which are perceived by those around her as defects: "As for the girl's disposition--well, when people were being polite, they said she was strong-minded. When they were angry or annoyed with her, they said she was as stubborn as a pig." Cimorene, tired of etiquette and embroidery, runs away from home and finds herself in a nest of dragons. Now, in Cimorene's world--a world cleverly built by author Patricia C. Wrede on the shifting sands of myriad fairy tales--princesses are forever being captured by dragons. The difference here is that Cimorene goes willingly. She would rather keep house for the dragon Kazul than be bored in her parents' castle. With her quick wit and her stubborn courage, Cimorene saves the mostly kind dragons from a wicked plot hatched by the local wizards, and worms her way into the hearts of young girls everywhere.
