The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool

by Margaret Gray

Paperback, 2002

Status

Available

Call number

398.2

Genres

Fiction

Collection

YA Salon

Publication

Scholastic (2002), Edition: School Market Edition, 167 pages

Description

When plain-looking Princess Rose longs for the beauty to snare handsome Prince Parsley, and the wise fool Jasper longs to restore wisdom to the kingdom, they end up working together and find they must face the magical Godmother Board of Trustees.

User reviews

LibraryThing member desislc

Plain Princess Rose wishes for beauty to win the heart of Prince Parsley- then changes her mind at the ball. Jasper the Fool accompanies Rose in her quest to reverse the beauty spell before Parsley comes back to marry her. A fun, breezy, and predictable read.

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LibraryThing member jguidry

This was a cute children's book about the stereotypes of fairy tales. Gray makes light of the traditional clichés and makes them the rules" in her land of Couscous. The main character, Rose, of course does not fit the clichés and has to make a place for herself. This was a cute, quick read,

but, it would not hold the attention of everyone."

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LibraryThing member jnmwheels

This twisted fairy tale has amusing dialogue, clever connections to past fairy tales and a quirky charm. I wanted her enchanted hair... I found it to be a quick read with a great message.

LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey

Cute, though the determined brainlessness of both the main characters got annoying at times. She's obsessed with beauty (unsurprisingly, in both her culture and the readers'); he's hiding his intelligence (as distinct from wisdom - a) "wisdom" is illegal and b) he doesn't have much). Some nice

twists; the enchanted hair is interesting. The "each bit of her wants pampering" talking magic beauty bit...was a bit obviously intended to make her dislike it, but then she didn't notice so I guess it wasn't so obvious to her. I'm glad I read it, but I don't intend to reread.

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