Ringgold, F. (1999) The Invisible Princess. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.
The Invisible Princess is about a family of slaves, Mama and Papa Love who are given the joy of having a child, but for fear of losing this child to their slave owner, Captain Pepper, they pray to Great Lady of Peace to protect their child. On the day of their child's birth, the Prince of Night came and took their daughter away to protect her so that she could one day be the princess she was foretold to be. Everyone morned her loss except Captain Pepper's blind daughter. She could see the Invisible Princess. Captain Pepper heard about this and wanted to capture the princess. Because of this, the Invisible Princess knew trouble would come and the Great Lady of Peace hatched a plan to save all of the slaves. They were able o trick the Captain and in return, he freed all of his slaves.
Traditional literature Picture book - fairy tale (because of the existence of a princess and the Prince of Night and the Great Lady of Peace - a fairy godmother like character). Grades K-3. All artwork is pain on canvas.
This is another tales related to escaping slavery. This is a tale of the family who does not want their child to be born into slavery and asks for a way to free her from it.
This book would lend itself to a book talk about real versus imaginary and what does it mean to be Invisible and who might be Invisible but still around us. Do we all believe in things being Invisible. Why might the author have made this girl Invisible and why does the significance of the daughter being blind mean so much to the story.
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