The kids laugh and shout "No!" and laugh some more. Why are you so afraid of princesses? Did a princess steal your dog? Did a princess kidnap your parents? Does a princess live under your bed and sneak out at night to try to suck your eyeballs out of your skull?" Then I pull it together and continue as I usually do. I am briefly speechless, chilled by his hostility.
This is my 200-300th assembly, I've asked these same questions dozens of times with the same answers, but the way he says "girly" literally makes me take a step back. The way Logan said "girly"…so much hatred from someone so small. Me: "So it's not the story itself boys don't like, it's what?"īut this time, a smallish 3rd grade boy on the first row, who I find out later is named Logan, shouts at me, "Because it's GIRLY!" Me: "And then the teachers tell me that after reading the book, the boys like it as much or sometimes even more than the girls do."Īudible gasp. They always do, no matter their age or the state they live in. They anticipate what I'm expecting, and in unison, the girls scream, "YAY!" They say, 'When I told my students we were reading a book called PRINCESS ACADEMY, the girls said-'" Me: "So many teachers have told me the same thing.
I was presenting an assembly for kids grades 3-8 while on book tour for the third PRINCESS ACADEMY book.
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