Princess Unlimited
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
The funny and empowering tale of a determined princess who takes matters into her own hands when a dragon ravages her kingdom and her royal parents are too preoccupied with frills and sparkles to help.
The kingdom is under attack from a dragon, and the king and queen have emptied the royal coffers to buy sparkly things for the princess. But Princess Susan doesn’t want sparkly things! She wants to save the kingdom! So, with the help of an outspoken scullery maid and a loyal canine companion, she rolls up her sleeves and gets to work. As formidable as the dragon is, Princess Susan’s most daunting challenge may be convincing her parents to pay attention to what she wants and actually listen to her. Fortunately, the resourceful and entrepreneurial princess has a perfect (and delightfully unexpected) plan to ensure that everyone—even the dragon—lives happily ever after.
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When copper-haired Princess Susan's parents fill their daughter's room with "sparkles and pretty dresses" ("A princess needs frills," says the pink-skinned king. "They help her look fancy," agrees the brown-skinned queen), their decision leaves no funds to fight a flying, fiery dragon that is laying waste to the kingdom. Indeed, the townspeople's weaponry consists of "hedgehogs and drinking straws." So Princess Susan joins forces with a straight-talking white scullery maid named Eleanor, and using sparkles to temporarily blind the dragon, they bring it down. When the beast turns out to be both friendly (its puppy eyes are irresistible) and as entrepreneurial as the girls, the trio launches the Dragon Fire Network, a utility company powered by dragon breath. After selling "three thousand two hundred and ninety-four Dragon Fire Network subscriptions, plus ten one-week trials," as Princess Susan tells her parents, the kingdom's coffers refill, and the king and queen gain a new respect for their daughter's talents. In a tale that mixes business with heroics, Weinstein's (Lyric McKerrigan, Secret Librarian) text is full of determination, and Figueroa's (We Wait for the Sun) art has the compositional verve and plucky characterizations of classic Disney animation. Ages 4–7.
