Women's struggle for identity, unfortunately, often continues to be associated with beauty. Young children continue to learn, through reading fairy tales such as the sleeping beauty, Cinderella, and etc that prettiness often leads to success. These stories illustrate the theme of beauty as the key to happiness. Although the paper bag Princess portrays the princess as a stronger character, the issue of beauty is still a focus towards the end. It's so refreshing to find a book that puts the female character not only as the hero, but who can stand on her own. There are several "messages" at w…
