Royal Readings

This week, I'm sharing chapter books for kids featuring royalty.  Here are a few of my favorites . . .

Up and Down Scratchy Mountains by Laurel
Lucy, a milkmaid, and her best friend Wynston, a reluctant prince, go in search of information about Lucy's missing mother--even though Wynston is supposed to be searching for a proper princess to marry.

Prince Puggly of Spud: and Kingdom of Spiff by Robert Paul Weston
When Prince Puggly attends a ball in the Kingdom of Spiff, he is laughed at by all the Spiffs, except for the Princess of Spiff who helps him teach her fellow Spiffian citizens a lesson.

The Birthday Ball by Lois Lowry
When a bored Princess Patricia Priscilla makes her chambermaid switch identities with her so she can attend the village school, her attitude changes and she plans a new way to celebrate her sixteenth birthday.

The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool by Margaret Gray
When plain-looking Princess Rose longs for the beauty to snare handsome Prince Parsley, and the wise fool Jasper longs to restore wisdom to the kingdom, they end up working together and find they must face the magical Godmother Board of Trustees.


More Royal Stories --
Castle of Shadows by Ellen Renner
Crown Me! by Kathryn Lay
Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolen
Handbook for Dragon Slayers by Merrie Haskell
The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy
Lady Lollipop by Dick King-Smith
The Little Lame Prince by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
Pennyroyal Academy by M.A. Larson
The Player King by Avi
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Princess Cora and the Crocodile by Laura Amy Schlitz
The Princess Imposter by Vivian Vande Velde



Check these books out on display at the Arnold Branch through July 13, 2018.

My Favorite Books, Part 3

Here are some of my favorite chapter books for kids from 2013 . . .

Fyre by Angie Sage
Book 7 of the Septimus Heap series
Septimus must battle the remnants of the Dark Domaine, which will remain until the power of the evil Two-Faced Ring is destroyed forever. To accomplish that, the ancient Alchemie Fyre must be relit -- a task that sends Septimus to the very origins of Magyk and Physik, testing both his skills, and his loyalties to ExtraOrdinary Wizard, Marcia Overstrand, and Alchemist Marcellus Pye.

Prince Puggly of Spud by Robert Paul Weston
When Prince Puggly attends a ball in the Kingdom of Spiff, he is laughed at by all the Spiffs, except for the Princess of Spiff who helps him teach her fellow Spiffian citizens a lesson.

The 13-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths
Follows the efforts of Andy and Terry to meet a latest book deadline despite numerous distractions in their sophisticated tree house home, including flying cats, giant bananas, and sea monsters pretending to be mermaids.

The Boy on the Porch by Sharon Creech
Discovering a speech-disabled boy asleep on their porch, young couple John and Marta forge a loving bond with the child and come to think of him as their own while wondering about his mysterious past and enjoying the world through his eyes.