![]() ![]() The theme of love and healing is one of the most powerful of these books. Most important of all, she learns that, “Because some loves are forbidden, not all loves are so.” What had she done? Awakened the princess out of her unfeeling numbness so she would be totally aware of the torture ahead? Placed her own valuable gifts of seeing and perfect aim as hostage to the enemy? These loves, these loves, these terrible loves! Would she ever learn that love was dangerous? However, when her mission is nearly complete she realizes that she cannot do everything on her own. Now she questioned all loves and was cautious about loving anything…Īmanda, a princess herself, ignores her friends’ cautions and seeks to rescue the Enchanter’s princess. ![]() The struggle of surrendering a forbidden love and learning to love again after heartbreak is something we can all understand.Ī child with wild flowers in her hair, whose laughter constantly announced her presence, Amanda once had loved extravagently, without question. One of my all-time favorites is “The Forbidden Princess” in Tales of the Resistance. No matter what trial I am going through, there is a Tale to encourage and challenge me. The exquisite illustrations bring back delicious memory, the stories still hold me captive…like all good stories, I grow to understand them deeper as I grow older. ![]() We were beautiful, courageous, and if necessary, were always rescued by a brave Ranger if the peril grew too great! A decade and a half has not changed my affection for these books. My best friends and I spent summer days on end garbed in silky dresses pretending to be princesses of Great Park. At eight years old I couldn’t spell or form proper sentences, but I knew and loved the Tales. Proof can be found in my first journal from 1992. Along with Tales of the Resistanceand its more recent conclusion to the trilogy titled Tales of the Restoration, Kingdom Tales impacted my imagination and memory more than almost any other book besides Narnia. Every child should have the joy of growing up with Tales of the Kingdomby David and Karen Mains. ![]()
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