Hearing them laughing gaily made her sad and she longed for legs so she could run with them and feel the sand beneath her toes. As they sat together looking out at the night sky, the king asked the queen, “What shall we name her? Produced in partnership with Biblica, Crowned King includes beautiful images and an eloquent introduction by Catherine Butcher that unpacks the inherent Christian symbolism in the coronation. The husband and wife duo dress Aliyah, the little mermaid, in silver jewels and colorful pearls from head-to-toe.

I am in awe of some of the artistic and creative choices made with the hair, body art, and wardrobe. But when their sizzling liaison leads to an unexpected pregnancy, Nik won’t rest until his child is part of the Drakon legacy. There is no discussion of souls or any of the other deeper theological questions in the original Little Mermaid and the point about otherness doesn't come across as strongly. Once upon a time, in a land filled with dwarves, witches, and magic, there lived a king and queen who were very much in love, and their love bore them a child.The Tale of the Warrior Princess Yennenga feels more like the first thirty minutes of Brave than it does the actual folk heroine's story from what little I could find.

Regis and Kahran Bethencourt are the talented husband and wife team behind CreativeSoul Photography, a company on a mission to empower kids of color through stunning photography that showcases their beauty, uniqueness, and creativity. It encourages creativity, fosters self-esteem, and invites readers into a world of magic and wonder. It was fun seeing Vhalla grow into the role of Empress – and her fights against the foolish conventions were entertaining. Paul Clammer’s triumph is to recover the man, his country, and his age, and present Haiti’s proud black king in all his conflicting glory. Ebony grew to be as lovely, sweet, and good as the mirror predicted, but she was also brave and strong.As she floats under the sea, she plays in her big red flowing hair filled with loose braids, shells, leaves and bright red tulle.

Also not sure why they referenced Banshees, an Irish denizen of the Fae, when describing how she wants to be allowed to run free and wild like her three younger brothers. The majesty of Haiti’s foundations is reflected in the almost unreal story of King Henry Christophe. Once upon a time when magical creatures lived in the depths of the sea, there was a little mermaid named Aliyah who loved to watch the human children on the beach. That means that many of the stories are reimagined to take place within a black community with black characters at the center of the story and I kind of loved it.I don't understand why they put a stereotypical western princess as dainty trope into her origin story when it wasn't there originally. The book was released May 23, three days before the live action film The Little Mermaid premiered with Halle Bailey, a Black woman with natural locs, as Ariel, a princess and the main character. However there is a certain amount of cognitive dissonance when reading the European fairy tale retellings because it's such a hodgepodge of the original stories, Disney's versions, and different morals run through a Cinema Sins view of fairy tales that the stories don't work as retellings.