
You
Asked For It: Books about Princesses
Browse the list below for a selection of great books about princesses. Click the
book cover or title to go to the book in the online catalog. Click the author's
name to search for more books by that author.
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The barefoot book of princesses
Matthews, Caitlin,
1952-
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Princess party
Allen, Joy.
Shows the many different ways a princess can be an incredible girl.
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The princess and the pizza
Auch, Mary Jane.
An out-of-work princess applies to become the bride of Prince Drupert, but first
she must pass several tests, including a cooking contest.
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The princesses have a ball
Bateman, Teresa.
In this rhyming update of the fairy tale of the "Twelve Dancing Princesses," twelve
princesses wear out their shoes playing basketball.
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Princess Peepers picks a
pet
Calvert, Pam, 1966-
When Princess Peepers loses her glasses, she mistakes a dragon for a unicorn and
enters it in the pet show at the Royal Academy for Perfect Princesses.
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Do princesses really kiss
frogs?
Coyle, Carmela
LaVigna.
A young girl takes a hike with her father, asking many questions along the way about
what princesses do.
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Do princesses scrape their
knees?
Coyle, Carmela
LaVigna.
While a little boy spends a day playing with his older sister, he asks many questions
about princesses.
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Princess Bess gets dressed
Cuyler, Margery.
A fashionably dressed princess reveals her favorite clothes at the end of a busy
day.
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Princess Pigtoria and the
pea
Edwards, Pamela
Duncan.
To make her pigsty of a palace picturesque again, penniless Princess Pigtoria tries
to get the pompous porker Prince Proudfoot to propose marriage.
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The princess knight
Funke, Cornelia
Caroline.
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Princess Pigsty
Funke, Cornelia
Caroline.
Tired of being a princess, the youngest of three sisters throws her crown out the
window and finds happiness working in the royal kitchen and pigsty.
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The witch who wanted to be
a princess
Grambling, Lois G.
When a Grand Wizard puts a ban on witches changing themselves to princesses, Bella
must marry a real prince to make her dream come true.
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The very smart pea and the
princess-to-be
Grey, Mini.
The pea gives its own version of what happened in the fairy tale, "The Princess
and the Pea," from the time of its birth in the Palace Garden until it helps arrange
a royal marriage.
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Princess Hyacinth : (the
surprising tale of a girl who floated)
Heide, Florence
Parry.
Princess Hyacinth is bored and unhappy sitting in her palace every day because,
unless she is weighed down by specially-made clothes, she will float away, but her
days are made brighter when kite-flying Boy stops to say hello.
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Angelina and the royal wedding
Holabird, Katharine.
Trapped in a castle tower on the morning of Princess Eliza's marriage, bridesmaids
Angelina and Princess Sophie hope they will be rescued in time for the wedding processional.
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Twenty-six princesses
Horowitz, Dave,
1970-
Twenty-six princesses, one for each letter of the alphabet, go to a party at the
prince's castle.
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Princess says goodnight
Howland, Naomi.
Rhyming text presents what a princess might do between leaving the ball and saying
goodnight.
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Princess Dinosaur
Kastner, Jill.
Princess Dinosaur has fun playing with the rest of the toys until Spots the dog
comes and carries her off to an outdoor adventure.
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The little moon princess
Lee, Y. J.
With the help of a friendly sparrow, the little moon princess, who is afraid of
the dark, uses the jewels on the surface of her moon to light up the sky.
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An undone fairy tale
Lendler, Ian.
When it's illustrator cannot keep up with its reader, a story about shelfish; pie
loving king takes numerous silly detours.
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The princess who had almost
everything
Levert, Mireille.
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Princess Buttercup : a flower
princess story
Lewison, Wendy
Cheyette.
Spring is here, and the Flower Princesses are having a party, but where is Princess
Buttercup?
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Princesses are not quitters!
Lum, Kate.
Three bored princesses decide to become servants for a day and learn what hard work
is all about.
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Princess Penelope takes charge!
Mack, Todd.
Princess Penelope is going to be a big sister soon and she wants a little sister,
but when her mother brings home a little brother, she learns that he can be just
as special.
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The storytelling princess
Martin, Rafe, 1946-
Having survived a shipwreck, a princess tries to tell a prince a story whose ending
he does not know and thus qualify for his hand in marriage.
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Song for a princess
Mortimer, Rachael.
A sad princess is made happy again by a humble, word-loving bird.
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The paper bag princess
Munsch, Robert
N., 1945-
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Ponyella
Numeroff, Laura
Joffe.
Ponyella's dream of showing Princess Penelope her tricks at the pony championship
comes true with the help of her fairy godmare.
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Once upon a cool motorcycle
dude
O'Malley, Kevin,
1961-
Cooperatively writing a fairy tale for school, a girl imagines a beautiful princess
whose beloved ponies are being stolen by a giant, and a boy conjures up the muscular
biker who will guard the last pony in exchange for gold.
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Princess Aasta
Ordal, Stina Langlo.
Princess Aasta and her new friend, a polar bear named Kvitebjorn, play in the garden,
travel to the North Pole, and have supper with the king.
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The wide-awake princess
Paterson, Katherine.
After the death of her self-absorbed parents, a clever princess shows the peasants
in her country how to make better lives for themselves.
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Apple Pip Princess.
Ray, Jane.
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I want to do it myself!
Ross, Tony.
The little princess is determined to go on a camp-out without anyone's help.
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Well at the end of the world
San Souci, Robert
D.
In this fairy tale, loosely based on English and Scottish lore, feisty Princess
Rosamond, who prefers good books to good looks, risks her throne and all her wealth
to save her father's life.
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Richard Scarry's Peasant
Pig and the terrible dragon, with Lowly Worm the jolly jester.
Scarry, Richard.
When Princess Lily is captured by a dragon, Peasant Pig bravely attempts her rescue.
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The red wolf
Shannon, Margaret,
1966-
Roselupin, a princess locked in a tower by her overprotective father, uses yarn
to knit a red wolf suit to free herself.
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The princess gown
Strauss, Linda
Leopold.
If the wedding dress young Hanna's family is making is not chosen for the princess,
they will go to the poor house but thanks to Hanna's sharp eyes and artistic ability,
her father stands a very good chance of becoming Embroiderer to the Princess.
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The real princess : a mathemagical
tale
Williams, Brenda,
1946-
A queen devises a way, with the help of her nine golden peas, to tell whether each
of the girls her three sons hope to marry is a true princess.
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Princess Me
Wilson, Karma.
A little girl imagines being a princess, with her stuffed animals serving as royal
subjects.
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Not all princesses dress
in pink
Yolen, Jane.
Rhyming text affirms that girls can pursue their many interests, from playing sports
to planting flowers in the dirt, without giving up their tiaras.
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