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Princess Lysandra, an unconventional royal, will delight the young reader with her antics!, April 19, 2011
Princess Lysandra was not into two things. One was sewing and the other was her older sister, Gabriella. It's not that Gabriella was an evil princess, but she simply liked "having someone around to nag," and nag she did. Gabriella was the type who was into reading "Courtly Manners and Duties." Lysandra adored adventure stories, but as everyone knew "princesses weren't supposed to read adventure stories--just poetry and romances" and that darned etiquette book. Why at the age of twenty-four, Gabriella was turning into an old maid because she was "just too picky." Prince Hubert had "the table manners of a pig," and then there was that lunkhead Lowell. Ugh! No way was Lysandra going to end up like THAT and she had a plan that just might bring some real adventure into her life.
Whenever Lysandra's nasty cousin Owen caught her doing things like "pretending to fight trolls," he'd threaten to snitch on her because princesses are supposed to be dainty. Lysandra decided to ask her mother, Queen Rowena, if she could announce a talent show via her crystal ball. Surely there must be some princesses who wanted to have fun. Soon the princesses arrived to show off their "talents" and frankly, Lysandra thought that most of them were "a pretty worthless lot." Princess Minerva, whose talent was that her "second toes were longer than her big toes," was totally disgusting. Fortunately Lysandra spotted some worthy candidates in the princess parade. Fatima, who bombed the show with her magic carpet, Elena, who had a mystical healing lotion, and Tansy, who played a mysterious flute that could announce thoughts, just might do. REAL princesses just wanna have fun and with this kind of "princess power" and her "magic purse" with its endless supply of gold coins there could be an adventure waiting!
Princess Lysandra, an unconventional royal, will delight the young reader with her antics. Of course when I think "princess" I think of charmers like Princess Gabriella, who is the epitome of perfection. Lysandra, who would have none of that foolishness, was not one to be limited by anyone's expectations. Fatima, Tansy, and Elena proved to be worth cohorts even though Elena had a black mark against her for "wanting to read `Courtly Manners and Duties.'" Mind you, this group of princesses neither look, act, or talk "princess" and when they meet up with that frog ... well, you'll just have to read the story to find out what happens. I loved the exquisitely zany humor in this book and more than once I burst out loud laughing. If you have a youngster who'd prefer "bats and bullfrogs" to needlework, you just might want to check out Lysandra, a perfectly (im)proper princess!
This book courtesy of the author.
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