Information for students
Author: Faith Ringgold Title: The Invisible Princess
Book Genre: Multicultural/African American Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Summary: Mama and Papa Love wanted to have a baby, but did not want the child to be raised as a slave. They had a baby girl and a The Prince of the Night whisked her away. Later on in the story The Invisible Princess takes everyone from the cotton fields, including the slave master’s daughter, to the Invisible Village of Peace, Hope and Love.
Personal rating: ****
Pages: 32
Rationale: I felt like this was a good story teaching peace, hope and love. As with all of Faith Ringgold’s books, the illustrations are wonderful.
Information for teachers
Reading level: 4.2 Interest level: Ages 2nd -4th grade
Thematic Areas: kindness, patience, love, cruelty, greediness, evil
Content Areas: language arts, social studies, music, art, movement
Potential Problems or Difficulties: At times I felt like this story was a little slow.
Possible use in classroom:
· Talk to the students about the mood of the story. Have them draw pictures for the story that relays that mood.
· Could be used to educate children on slavery and how wrong it was
· Could be used to talk about the unconditional love that Mama and Papa love had for their newborn baby girl
· Could bring in music that pertains to this era in our history, let the children listen to the words and then dance to it
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