cjules Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Hi colleagues, The other day we made 'magic' wands and I asked the children what they wanted to be turned into. Some of the girls said (not surprisingly) a princess. This included at least one girl of African origin. I have been trying to find images of real (rather than Disney) African princesses to add to a display of our more familiar princesses - any ideas? (There are some royal families in Africa, but not many princesses!) Thanks in advance, Cjules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseketeer Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Hi, have you tried googling African princesses via images? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trace Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Hi Books by Rachel Isadora may be useful. The illustrations are fantastic https://www.amazon.co.uk/Princess-Pea-Rachel-Isadora/dp/0142413933/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526225812&sr=1-5&keywords=The+princess+and+the+pea this is a favourite at my setting 😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjules Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 Thanks, Mouseketeer - yes, I did google African princess and we found an image (cartoon) that my little girl liked. I also found a black Disney princess -Tiana, I think, who is from The princess and the Frog story, but I will check out the Princess and the Pea book, Trace. It looks just the thing. Later in the day, I was looking at superheroes with some boys and realised that there aren't many black superheroes - I am now trying to catch up with The Black Panther movie to look for some images. It is getting me thinking about images that our children can relate to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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