The Ordinary Princess

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Summary: I loved this book!
Review: I read this a long time ago, when I was in grade school. Then we moved and I never saw it again, but the story and the title of this book have always stuck with me. I've never been able to find a copy anywhere, and when I found out it was out of print I could have cried. I'm in college now and I still remember this book fondly. I have ideas of going back to the little town I used to live in and offering the library money for their tattered, beaten copy of this book, just so that someday my kids can read it. Awesome.

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Summary: One of the most memorable books!
Review: I received "The Ordinary Princess" as a birthday gift from my parents when I turned nine. I immediately fell in love with it. Unfortunately, I have never met anyone else who has ever read it, and I have never seen another copy of it. Fortunately, I kept my copy all these years (I am now 25). I have reread this book so many times that it is amazing that it is still in one piece! We are going to study fairy tales in the sixth grade class that I teach, and I can hardly wait to share this book with my students! It is one of my favorites, and I don't doubt that my students will love it, too!

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Summary: I loved this book. Every little girl should read it.
Review: I loved The Ordinary Princess. It was great to read a fairy tale in which I could actually identify with the princess. I first read this book when I was nine years old and I loved it immediately.

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Summary: Totally captivating and far from being ORDINARY!
Review: I first found this enchanting tale when I was 9. I checked it out from my school library, and tucking it under my arm, happily trotted back to class. Being an avid reader, and it being such a good book, within a week of reading times and before-bed installments, I had it done, much to my horror. It had ended. The beautiful book was over. There was no more story left for me. A week later, I again checked it out and re-read it. That library card was FILLED with my name, save for three spaces.

After I graduated from grade school, the worn copy was lost to me, though the tale remained burried deep within my mind.

That was very fortunate. A few months into my frehsman year, I was babysitting and couldn't get the little girl to sleep. So I sat down on the edge of her bed, looked at her and said "Would you like to hear a fairy tale?" She nodded happily and I began telling her the story of the Ordinary Princess, and all of Amy's adventures. After half of it was over, I realized to my dismay, the little girl was asleep, a smile on her face.

Now, after several years, the stoy has been re-introduced to me, after humming Amy's lullaby for so long, I remembered where it was from and found the book. This is a classic tale that is far from ordinary, yet utterly enchanting and delightful.

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Summary: Influential and character-building story
Review: I first read The Ordinary Princess in high school. Since then I have hungrily re-read it dozens of times. I never realized its impact on me until I had an assignment to select the three most influential books that I've ever read. While contemplating that question, it struck me that The Ordinary Princess gave me priceless guidance on how to be myself at a time where I questioned my very existence. I always felt that it was such a satisfying book. A down-to-earth, natural girl meets a genuinely nice guy; they fall in love, build a log cabin and get married. What more could a person want? Truly superb!

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Summary: Wonderful book of adventures
Review: This book is an increadible reverse of the normal or ORDINARY princess story. The child is blessed, or cursed, with Ordinariness, instead of the princessiness of her sisters. Her adventures are many! It's a wonderful book that should be read more and more. If you like this, you might want to try the Enchanted Forest Chronicals, too.

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Summary: In sixth grade, wrote a play script of the Ordinary Princess
Review: I first read The Ordinary Princess in sixth grade, and I absolutely loved it. It was simple and enchanting and to a romanticised teenageer it made perfect sense. At the time I was getting into the theatre arts and I thought that The Ordinary Princess would make a wonderful play! So that summer I borrowed a little banged up typewritter from our neighbors and wrote a play script based on the book. I talked to some of my friends from around our block and they all came over and we did a read through of the script. They thought it was alright but unfortunatly did not have very long attention spans, so we never got all the way through to the end. I really loved writting the play and truly thought that it could work. So, I called the publisher and asked to talk to M.M. Kaye (whatever the M.M. stood for). The publisher was in New York, and I never got to talk to the author or to her publisher/manager. I left my name and number but never got a call back either. So the script sat in a drawer somewhere for years. During High School I ran across it again, read through it and found it as delightful as ever, though in need of some revision. I could never find the book again, but ever since then I've taken it out and revised it every couple of years. I don't really care anymore if it gets to be preformed, although it would be great. It is just been a wonderful experience, and a magnificant book for all the joy it brought me through the years. I'm in college now and would kill for a copy of The Ordinary Princess.

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Summary: what happened to Amy?
Review: Ever since Cricket magazine printed this book in installments too many years ago to count, I have been a passionate fan. I found a copy, but stupidly returned it because the cover art tried to make darling Amazonian (no pun intended) Amy look glamorous. This book is the ultimate fairy tale for those who were tree climbers (or who still are). Who wouldn't want to trade in those itchy, annoying princess robes and be a peasant for a while? And who wouldn't want to be loved best when at their dirtiest? If you ever have the fortune to find a copy of this book, hang onto it. Read it to your children and grandchildren. Make Amethyst Aurelia Augusta Anne . . . the new (and certainly smarter) Cinderella and Snow White. And for heaven's sake, someone try and find out why they stopped printing this wonderful book!

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Summary: AN EXCELLENT BOOK
Review: At Princess Amy's christening, the fairy Crustacia gives her a very unusual gift. This story is about how Amy deals with her gift. I really liked this book because it was funny and also it said that being beautiful isn't necessarily better than being smart and having fun!

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Summary: A "must read" for anyone who ever worried about self-worth.
Review: I found this book on a "sale" table at my local bookstore a few years ago. It looked interesting so I bought it. From the first page, I loved the humor and the wisdom of its message. I especially loved the episode with Crustacea at the christening (the artwork did her justice!). Her grouchiness precipitated the gift of "ordinariness" for Amy, which turned out to be Amy's greatest gift.

I am 45 years old and must have bought at least 20 copies of this book over the years - to give to a class of 14-year-old girls that I taught in church as well as to all of my friends for Christmas gifts. It's message is timeless! Who we are inside is so much more important than our outward appearance.

I've been looking recently for more copies and have found that it isn't being published any more. What a loss! I'm glad I still have my copy.