Munsch, R. (2012). The paper bag princess. New York: Annick Press.
Princess Elizabeth is prepared to marry Prince Ronald, along
comes a dragon who burns down the kingdom and takes her Prince. Elizabeth will
not give up on true love, she puts on a paper bag as a dress and sets off to
rescue her prince. After defeating the dragon she discovers Prince Ronald is
not her true love after all.
Visual Elements: Texture
This story uses the visual element
of texture by showing how the bricks on the wall are rigid and uneven. The
clouds that surround the princess after the dragon burns her clothes look very
fluffy like cotton balls. The bag she wears can be seen as scratchy and stiff.
They textured the trees to look scorched and brittle. The horse bones left by
the dragon appear to look sharp and fragile at the same time. The dragon’s
scales are bumpy and uneven. The way the grass was textured it looks fuzzy and
soft when it’s green.
Evaluative Criteria: Theme
This story starts off like a fairy
tale. Our society has always told us we need to look and act a certain way. A
princess should always have fancy clothes, be tidy and neat, and of course have
a prince. But after the princess goes above and beyond to save the prince that
was taken by the dragon, he is ungrateful to the princess. The prince makes
rude comments about her clothes and appearance. She acknowledges his appearance
is nice, but no longer wants to be part of “his society”. He learned that looks
and money are not important if you can’t show compassion and understanding. 
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