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Princess Stories for Preschool –4Th Grade Princess Stories for Preschool –4th Grade Novels for readers in grades 2—4 Unless otherwise noted, all books may be found in the fiction section shelved by the author’s last name. SERIES: Camp Princess series / Kathryn Lasky Princess Stories Princess Tales series / Gail Carson Levine For Preschool - 4th grade Princess School series / Jane B. Mason (j pb M) Suggestions from Mt. Lebanon Public Library Royal Diaries series (j ROYAL DIARIES) NOVELS: Unless otherwise noted, the following titles may be found The Mask of the Dancing Princess / Judith Gwyn Brown. in the Picture Books shelved by the author’s last name. Unicorn Moon / Gale Cooper The Tale of Despereaux / Kate DiCamillo Famous princesses Davey’s Blue-Eyed Frog / Patricia Harrison Easton CINDERELLA: Please see our separate Cinderella booklist The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool / Margaret Gray Florizella and the Wolves / Philippa Gregory THE FROG PRINCE / THE FROG PRINCESS The Frog Princess / Rosalind Allchin The Ordinary Princess / M.M. Kaye Lady Lollipop / Dick King-Smith A Frog Prince / Alix Berenzy (j 398.2 GERMANY Ber) The Ugly Princess / Nancy Luenn I’m in Love with a Big Blue Frog / Leslie Braunstein (j CD KIT BRAUNSTEIN) Patience, Princess Catherine / Carolyn Meyer The Frog Princess / retold by Laura Cecil Princesses Are People Too / Susie Morgenstern The Princess and the Frog / Lisa Marsoli (j Ea DISNEY) Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude / Kevin O'Malley Kiss Me! (I’m a Prince!) / Heather McLeod Happily Ever After / Anna Quindlen Many Moons / James Thurber The Princess and the Frog / Margaret Nash (j Er NASH) The Frog Prince / Jan Ormerod Don’t forget to check out our CINDERELLA and The Frog Princess / retold by Elizabeth Isele (j 398.2 RUSSIA Ise) PRINCESS STORIES FOR OLDER READERS booklists! THE GOLDEN GOOSE The Golden Goose / retold by Dennis McDermott Mt. Lebanon Public Library The Golden Goose / retold by Uri Shulevitz 16 Castle Shannon Blvd. Pittsburgh, PA 15228 THE LITTLE MERMAID The Little Mermaid / Hans Christian Andersen (j ANDERSEN) (412) 531-1912 www.mtlebanonlibrary.org The Little Mermaid / retold by Rachel Isadora (j Ea ANDERSEN) Updated June 2013 Disney's The Little Mermaid / adapted by Amy Edgar (j Ea DISNEY) 8 Princess Stories for Preschool –4th Grade Princess Stories for Preschool –4th Grade THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA Fairy Tale Collections Once Upon a Princess and a Pea / Ann Campbell Look for fairy tales in j 398 The Princess and the Pea in Miniature / Lauren Child The Barefoot Book of Princesses / retold by Caitlín Matthews (j 398.21 Mat) The Very Smart Pea and the Princess-To-Be / Mini Grey The Starlight Princess and Other Princess Stories / The Princess and the Pea / Janet Stevens retold by Annie Dalton (j 398.22 Dal) The Princess and the Pea / Alain Vaës Princess Stories: A Classic Illustrated Edition / compiled by Cooper Edens (j 398.22 Ede) The Princess and the Peas and Carrots / Harriet Ziefert A Treasury of Princesses / collected and retold by Shirley Climo (j 398.22 Cli) PUSS IN BOOTS Puss in Boots / Lisa Findlay (j Er FINDLAY) Fractured Fables / Jim Valentino (j GRAPHIC Fractured) Puss in Boots / Paul Galdone Dog in Boots / Greg Gormley Princesses from around the world Puss in Boots / Charles Perrault WESTERN AFRICA RAPUNZEL Princess Gorilla and a New Kind of Water: A Mpongwe Tale / retold by Verna Aardema (j 398.2 AFRICA Aar) Rapunzel / Sarah Gibb Rapunzel / The Brothers Grimm (j Ea GRIMM) CENTRAL AMERICA White Flower: A Maya Princess / Victor Montejo Rapunzel / retold by John Cech (j 398.2 CENTRAL AMERICA Mon) Rapunzel’s Amazing Hair / Kiki Thorpe IRELAND Guleesh: A Picture Story from Ireland / Joseph Jacobs (j 398.2 IRELAND Jac) Tangled / Christine Peymani (j Ea DISNEY) Rapunzel / retold by Rachel Isadora EGYPT The Blue Faience Hippopotamus / Joan Grant (j 398.2 EGYPT Gra) Sugar Cane: A Caribbean Rapunzel / Patricia Storace (j 398.2 CARIBBEAN Sto) PERSIA Falling for Rapunzel / Leah Wilcox The Seven Wise Princesses: A Medieval Persian Epic / retold by Wafa Tarnowska (j 398.2 PERSIA Tar) Rapunzel: A Fairy Tale / Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (j 398.2 GERMANY Gri) RUSSIA Rapunzel / retold by Paul O. Zelinsky (j 398.2 GERMANY Gri) The Flying Ship / Andrew Lang (j 398.2 RUSSIA Lan) Rapunzel / retold by Barbara Rogasky (j 398.2 GERMANY Rog) CHINA Turandot / Marianna Mayer (j 398.2 CHINA May) 2 7 Princess Stories for Preschool –4th Grade Princess Stories for Preschool –4th Grade The Magic Hill / A.A. Milne SLEEPING BEAUTY The Sleeping Beauty / C. S. Evans (j 398.2 FRANCE Eva) Princess Fishtail / Frances Minters Sleeping Beauty / retold by Adèle Geras (j 398.2 GERMANY Ger) Song for a Princess / Rachael Mortimer Sleeping Beauty / retold by Mahlon Craft (j 398.2 GERMANY Cra) The Paper Bag Princess / Robert N. Munsch (j E-pb M) The Sleeping Beauty / Mercer Mayer (j 398.2 GERMANY May) Princess Chamomile’s Garden / Hiawyn Oram Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty (j Ea DISNEY) The Princess and Her Panther / Wendy Orr Sleeping Beauty / The Brothers Grimm (j Ea GRIMM) Princess Alopecia / Yaacov Peterseil Sleeping Beauty / retold by Margaret Early Princess Picky / Marjorie Priceman Sleeping Bunny / retold by Emily Snowell Keller “Little Princess Books” series / Tony Ross Waking Beauty / Leah Wilcox The Good Stepmother / retold by Marguerita Rudolph SNOW WHITE The Well at the End of the World / Robert D. San Souci Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs / adapted by Joan Aiken The Snow Princess / Ruth Sanderson (j 398.2 GERMANY Aik) Princess in Training / Tammi Sauer Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs / translated by Randall Jarrell (j 398.2 GERMANY Gri) The Red Wolf / Margaret Shannon Snow-White / retold by Josephine Poole (j 398.2 GERMANY Poo) Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie On the Road / Joel Stewart Snow White / The Brothers Grimm (j 398.2 GERMANY Gri) Tumble Tower / Anne Tyler Snow White: A Tale from the Brothers Grimm / The Tough Princess / Martin Waddell ERMANY illustrated by Charles Santore (j 398.2 G San) The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas / Tony Wilson ISNEY Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (j Ea D ) The Glass Mountain / Diane Wolkstein Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs adapted by Wanda Gág Disney Princess / Jennifer Liberts Weinberg (j Ea DISNEY) Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs / Cyntha Rylant Not All Princesses Dress in Pink / Jane Yolen THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES The Twelve Dancing Princesses / illustrated by Adrienne Adams Princess parties and crafts (j 398.2 FRANCE Ada) A Princess Cookbook: Simple Recipes for Kids / Sarah L. Schuette The Twelve Dancing Princesses / retold by John Cech (j 398.2 GERMANY Gri) (j 641.5123 Sch) The Princesses Have a Ball / Teresa Bateman Princess Things to Make and Do / Ruth Brocklehurst (j 745.5 Bro) The Twelve Dancing Princesses / Marianna Mayer The Princess Party Book: Favorite Happy Ever After Stories...And More / Janet Hoggarth (j 793.2 Hog) The Twelve Dancing Princesses / retold by Jane Ray 6 3 Princess Stories for Preschool –4th Grade Princess Stories for Preschool –4th Grade Princesses in other stories The Witch Who Wanted to be a Princess / Lois Grambling Princess Palooza / Joy Allen Prince Bear / Helme Heine The Very Fairy Princess / Julie Andrews Princess Hyacinth: The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated / Florence Perry Heide Princess Bee and the Royal Good-Night Story / Sandy Asher Princess Grace / Mary Hoffman The princess and the Pizza / Mary Jane Auch Angelina and the Princess / Katharine Holabird The Pirate Princess / Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen Angelina at the Palace / Katharine Holabird The Kite Princess / Juliet Clare Bell The Rose Fairy Princess / based on the text by Katharine Holabird The Land of Long Ago / Elsa Maartman Beskow Princess Furball / retold by Charlotte Huck A Friend for Merida (j E-pb B) Lovabye Dragon / Barbara M. Joosse Big Bear, Little Bear / Susan Amerikaner (j Er BRAVE) Winter Wishes / Apple Jordan (j Er PRIMER DISNEY) A Mother’s Love / Melissa Lagonegro (j Er BRAVE) The Princess of Pink Slumber Party / Victoria Kann (j Er KANN) Rapunzel and the Seven Dwarfs: A Maynard Moose Tale / Willy Claflin (j CD KIT CLAFLIN) Pirates & Princesses / Jill Kargman Princess Smartypants / Babette Cole The Three Princes: A Tale from the Middle East / retold by Eric A. Kimmel Do Princesses Really Kiss Frogs? / Carmela LaVigna Coyle The Paper Princess / Elisa Kleven The Real, True Dulcie Campbell / Cynthia DeFelice Horace the Horrible / Jackie French Koller Brave / Elle D. Risco (j Ea DISNEY) Princess Party / Michelle Knudsen One Perfect Day / Steve Purcell (j Ea DISNEY) Princess Penelope’s Parrot / Helen Lester Disney Princess: A Read-Aloud Storybook Collection Volume II / The Princess Who Had Almost Everything / Mireille Levert adapted by Frank Berrios (j Ea DISNEY) Night of the Goat Children / J. Patrick Lewis Disney Princess: The Essential Guide / Naia Bray-Moffatt (j Ea DISNEY) A Birthday for the Princess / Anita Lobel A Gold Star for Zog / Julia Donaldson Princesses Are Not Perfect / Kate Lum An African Princess / Lyra Edmonds Princess Penelope Takes Charge! / Todd Mack Olivia and the Fairy Princess / Ian Falconer The Storytelling Princess / Rafe Martin Clever Jack Takes the Cake / Candace Fleming The Knight Who Took All Day / James Mayhew The Princess Knight / Cornelia Funke Good Night, Princess Pruney-Toes / Lisa McCourt Arthur’s Tractor: A Fairy Tale with Mechanical Parts / Pippa Goodhart No Bears / Megan McKinlay Ten Big Toes and a Prince’s Nose / Nancy Gow 4 5 .
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