I thought this was such a fun book. This would be great for primary students. This is a book about a princess who does not want to get married and scares off all of her suitors. This was so cute and I loved reading about a girl who knows what she wants.

You wouldn't think by looking at the title of this book that it is about being independent. However that is what I took from it. Princess Smartypants wanted to do her own thing. She didn't want to take a husband because that's what was expected out of her. So she put everyone who came asking for her hand to an unattainable task. However there was one who met every challenge... what was wrong with him? Princess Smartypants proves once again that her independence is important to her.

I enjoyed the colorful illustrations. They really helped make the book better. There was so much detail in each picture. You could really sense the emotion of the characters coming through the pages.

Princess Smartypants is definitely a good book for those independent princesses. ( )

This is a story about a princess who doesn't want to get married but her parents want her to, she gives men tasks to win her hand but none of them complete it except for one who can do it all. When she gives him a kiss she turns into a frog. This is a good example to show the students for fantasy and to get them to explore their creativity. Good for ages 1st-3rd ( )

Ok - For a second, I wasn't sure WTH happened with Prince Swashbuckle...but it works out. ( )

Princess Smartypants doesn't want to get married; she wants to take care of her pets (alligator-looking dragon, gigantic snail, etc.) and do what she pleases. So, she invents impossible tasks for her suitors, and when they fail, she sends them away. But then Prince Swashbuckle appears and accomplishes every task. So Princess Smartypants kisses him...and turns him into a frog. She lives happily ever after, with her pets, doing just what she pleases.

A humorous antidote to the prince-and-princess HEA.

See also: The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, Serious Trouble by Arthur Howard, Princess Cora and the Crocodile by Laura Amy Schlitz, The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale ( )