History and Fantasy, Racism and Race Pride.

This book encapsulated the realness of slavery but was told in a very hopeful, fictional way. Ringgold turned a sad story into a story about adventure, hope, and spirituality. I loved how Ringgold breaks the barrier of race and unites the salves and their owner through peace. I did not expect Captain Pepper to want to go up to the Invisible Village of Peace, Freedom, and Love so that was a very nice way to end the story. This would be a great fictional book to read to children and teach them a little bit about slavery. ( )

This book had potential to be good, but the bad story-line, run-on sentences, horrible writing, and unfortunate art makes that impossible. The way the problem in the book was resolved is not a good lesson for children to learn. It is basically telling children to wait for something magical to happen, which to me, that children shouldn't try to solve their problems on their own. The only good thing I got from the book included the moral. The moral was that everyone can live in peace and harmony. ( )

the invisible princess is an African American fairy tale. The setting of the book is during the hardships of slavery. 1 ( )

I really loved this book. The pictures in the book are beautiful. I love the cotton and plantation pictures and how they kind of have a red hue in the background. I like to think it may be blood from the slave’s hands (metaphorically). ( )