Call Number

Title

Author

Summary

Birthday Surprises: Ten Great Stories to Unwrap

Hurwitz, J.

Don't be an Uncle Max / David A. Adler - Birthday box / Jane Yolen - The special powers of Blossom Culp / Richard Peck - What the princess discarded / Barbara Ann Porte - Hattie's birthday box / Johanna Hurwitz - Victor / James Howe - Promises / Ellen Conford.

398.2 BEL

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Bell, A. and Grimm, J.

Retells the tale of the beautiful princess whose lips were red as blood, skin was white as snow, and hair was as black as ebony.

398.2 CAU

Puss in Boots

Cauley, L. and Perrault, C.

A retelling of the French fairy tale in which a clever cat wins his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.

398.2 GAL

Puss in Boots

Galdone, P.

A poor young man gains a fortune and meets a beautiful princess when his cat outwits an evil giant.

398.2 HOG

The Glass Mountain

Hogrogian, N.

A man wins the hand of a princess after releasing her from the enchantment that has changed her into a raven.

398.2 HUC

Princess Furball

Huck, C.

A princess in a coat of a thousand furs hides her identity from a king who falls in love with her.

398.2 HYM

The Sleeping Beauty

Hyman, T. and Grimm, J.

Enraged at not being invited to the princess' christening, the thirteenth fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for one hundred years.

398.2 LAN

The Hedgehog Boy: A Latvian Folktale

Langton, J.

A princess is forced to marry a prickly hedgehog boy and is astounded when remorse over a thoughtless act of hers transforms him into a handsome young man.

398.2 LEE

Legend of the Milky Way

Lee, J.

Retells the Chinese legend of the Weaver Princess who came down from heaven to marry a mortal, a love story represented in the stars of the Milky Way.

398.2 MAY

Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp

Mayer, M.

Retells the adventures of Aladdin who, with the help of a genie from a magic lamp, outwits an evil sorcerer and wins the hand of a beautiful princess.

398.2 SCO

The Magic Horse

Scott, S.

In order to marry the beautiful princess that he loves, a Persian prince must outwit an evil magician and use the magic horse to his advantage.

398.2 YOL

The Sleeping Beauty

Yolen, J.

Enraged at not being invited to the princess's christening, the wicked fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for 100 years.

398.21 MCC

The Inch-High Samurai

McCarthy, R.

When a young man only one inch high saves a princess from demons, his one greatest wish is granted.

398.21 MOL

The Princess Who Lost Her Hair: An Akamba Legend

Mollel, T.

The efforts of a kind-hearted beggar boy bring an end to the drought that has plagued the kingdom of a haughty princess.

92 BRE

Princess Mary of Maryland

Angle, N.

An account of the role of Indian Princess Mary in keeping peace between her people and the white settlers of Maryland.

92 DIA

Diana, Princess of Wales

Middleton, H.

A biography of the life and times of Diana, Princess of Wales.

92 POC

The Double Life of Pocahontas

Fritz, J.

A biography of the famous American Indian princess, emphasizing her life-long adulation of John Smith and the roles she played in two very different cultures.

92 POC

Pocahontas

D’Aulaire, I. and Edgar, P.

In the year 1607 the first Englishmen came sailing across the ocean to settle the part of the new world which they called Virginia after their queen Elizabeth.  They might all have perished if it had not been for the help they got from the Indian Princess Pocahontas.

92 POC

Pocahontas – Daughter of a Chief

Greene, C.

A brief biography of the American Indian princess who as a young girl befriended John Smith, saving him from death at the hands of her father.

92 POC

Pocahontas

Hudson, M.

A brief account of the life of the Indian princess who befriended Captain John Smith and the English settlers of Jamestown.

92 SAC

Sacajawea, Wilderness Guide

Jassem, K.

Presents a biography of the young Shoshone Indian princess who acted as interpreter and guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition.

E A

The Princess and the Pea

Andersen H.

A young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves she is a real princess.

E D

The Real, True Dulcie Campbell

DeFelice, C.

Believing that she is a princess, Dulcie Campbell leaves home to seek her true family, but she finds by reading a book of fairy tales that being a princess is not what she thought.

E G

The Witch Who Wanted to be a Princess

Grambling, L.

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.

E H

Angelina and the Princess

Holabird, K.

Angelina is too sick to dance well during the tryouts for the lead in the "Princess of Mouseland" ballet, but when the leading ballerina sprains her foot, Angelina is ready to prove she is still the best.

E H

The Most Wonderful Egg in the World

Heine, H.

The king must choose the most beautiful egg laid by three hens, one of which he will then make a princess.

E L

Princess Penelope’s Parrot

Lester, H.

An arrogant and greedy princess's chances with a handsome prince are ruined when her parrot repeats to him all the rude comments the princess has made.

E L

Beauties in Bloom

Lagonegro, M.

Disney Princesses

E M

The Storytelling Princess

Martin, Rafe

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.

E M

The Paper Bag Princess

Munsch, Robert

Elizabeth the Princess has had her clothes and castle destroyed and her boyfriend Prince Ronald carried away by an awful dragon.  She uses her wits to defeat the dragon and rescue Ronald, but discovers he wasn't worth the effort.

E O

Princess Asta

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.

E S

Peasant Pig and the Terrible Dragon

Scarry, Richard

When Princess Daisy is captured by a dragon, Peasant Pig bravely attempts her rescue.

E S

The Frog Prince, Continued

Scieszka, Jon

After the frog turns into a prince, he and the Princess do not live happily ever after and the Prince decides to look for a witch to help him remedy the situation.

E V

The Princess and the Frog

Vesey, A

A princess waits impatiently for the frog she brings into the palace to turn into a prince--but he seems only to grow fat and bossy.

ESOL

Little Brown Jay: A Tale From India

Claire, Elizabeth

A retelling of a traditional Indian tale in which a little bird helps the beautiful princess Maya through a selfless act of love.

F ABB

Race to Doobesh

Abbott, Tony

Eric, Julie, Neal, and Princess Keeah must destroy the powerful armor being built around the city of Doobesh and stop Ko's beasts from taking it over.

F ASI

Norby and the Lost Princess

Asimov, Janet

Norby the robot and his friend Jeff travel to the distant planet of Izz and help to rescue a lost princess.

F BAK

The Frog Princess

Baker, E.D.

After reluctantly kissing a frog, an awkward, fourteen-year-old princess suddenly finds herself a frog, too, and sets off with the prince to seek the means--and the self-confidence--to become human again.

F BAX

Castle Under Attack

Baxter, Nicola

As King Leo is hosting a huge feast at the Lego castle, the outlaw Cedric launches an attack and takes Princess Storm hostage.

F BUR

A Little Princess

Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Sara Crewe’s greatest gift is her imagination. And her greatest pleasure is making up stories to make her and her friends lives more exciting at Miss Minchin’s Select Seminary for Young Ladies. What happens when tragedy befalls the seemingly blessed Sara?

F DIC

The Tale of Desperaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princes, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

DiCamillo, Kate

The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.

F GRA

The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool

Gray, Margaret

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.

F HAL

Princess Academy

Hale, Shannon

While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.

F HAU

Princess Horrid

Haugaard, Erik Christian

Called Princess Horrid by everyone except her parents, a very badly-behaved princess is transformed into a kitten and becomes the property of the lowliest kitchen maid in the castle.

F JAC

Triss: a Tale from Redwall

Jacques, Brian

The peaceful life in and around ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes.

F KIN

Lady Lollipop

King-Smith, Dick

A quick-witted swineherd and a pig named Lollipop are royally rewarded after they reform a spoiled princess.

F KIR

Lady of Palenque: Flower of Bacal, Mesoamerica, A.D. 749

Kirwan, Anna

In 749, the Maya princess, Green Jay, of the Kingdom of Bacal, writes in her diary about her arduous journey to Xukpip to meet King Fire Keeper, her future husband.

F LEV

The Fairy’s Mistake

Levine, Gail Carson

In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, the fairy Ethelinda rewards one twin sister for good behavior and punishes the other for bad, only to discover that her punishment is more pleasing than her reward.

F LEV

Cinderellis and the Glass Hill

Levine, Gail Carson

In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, a lonely young farm lad uses his unusual inventive ability to pass a nearly impossible test and win the hand of the neighboring princess.

F LEV

Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep

Levine, Gail Carson

In this retelling of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, Princess Sonora, who is ten times smarter than anyone else, vows to choose for herself the best time to be pricked by the spindle.

F LEV

The Princess Test

Levine, Gail Carson and Andersen, H. C

In this humorous retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea," Lorelei must pass many difficult tests in order to prove that she is a true princess and win the hand of Prince Nicholas.

F LEV

Cinderellis and the Glass Hill

Levine, Gail Carson

In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, a lonely young farm lad uses his unusual inventive ability to pass a nearly impossible test and win the hand of the neighboring princess.

F MCK

Spindle’s End

McKinley, Robin

The infant princess Briar Rose is cursed on her name day by Pernicia, an evil fairy, and then whisked away by a young fairy to be raised in a remote part of a magical country, unaware of her real identity and hidden from Pernicia's vengeful powers.

F OMA

Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude

O’Malley, Kevin

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.

F QUI

Happily Ever After

Quindlen, Anna

When a girl who loves to read fairy tales is transported back to medieval times, she finds that the life of a princess in a castle is less fun than she imagined.

F SMI

Wren’s Quest

Smith, Sherwook

While Wren and Prince Connor set off to uncover her parentage, a sinister wizard creates havoc back home in Cantimoor and threatens to kidnap Wren's best friend, Princess Teressa. Sequel to "Wren to the Rescue."

F SMI

Wren to the Rescue

Smith, Sherwood

With the help of a prince and an apprentice, Wren strives to rescue her best friend, a princess named Tess, from the fortress of a wicked king.

F SPR

Rowan Hood, Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest

Springer, Nancy

In her quest to connect with Robin Hood, the father she has never met, thirteen-year-old Rosemary disguises herself as a boy, befriends a half-wolf, half-dog, a runaway princess, and an overgrown boy whose singing is hypnotic, and makes peace with her elfin heritage.