THE PRINCESS WHO STOOD ON HER OWN TWO FEET: Student Edition with Author's Afterword

In Disney's Snow White the princess sings "Someday my prince will come." But is that always a good thing? This feminist fairy tale shines a light on traditional gender stereotypes, and questions the lengths we can go to for love. It includes many of the motifs of classical European fairy tales - a Wizard and a Witch, sacrifices, things coming in threes, an enchanted dog, and a cat who might talk if she feels like it.

" . . . a well-meaning young woman gives up more and more of her natural abilities in order to make her fiancé feel good." Alison Lurie, The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales.

". . . employs humorous figures such as the good-hearted wizard and his clever cat and comic reversals to parody the patriarchal notion of achievement . . . Jack Zipes, Don’t Bet on the Prince.