books: a red princess

books: a red princess

books:

A red princess

Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544 (The Royal Diaries)

Kathryn Lasky

Scholastic Inc., 1999

Loved it for many years.
A truly captivating book. I remember reading it over six years ago, and I still love it now. I've always been interested in the Tudors, and this was a gentle stepping stone for me when I was younger. Elizabeth speaks and behaves like a girl her age should, but you ...

Fairy Tales

Kindle Classics, 2007

Classic children fairy tales including such classics as: The Emperor's New Clothes, The Swineherd, The Real Princess, The Shoes of Fortune, The Fir Tree, The Snow Queen, The Leap-Frog, The Elderbush, The Bell, The Old House, The Happy Family, The Story of a Mother, The False Collar, The Shadow, The Little Match Girl, The Dream of Little Tuk, The ...

The Queen's Feet

Sarah Ellis

Red Deer Press, 2008

The Feet Feat
(with apologies to Amazon.com reviewer "Longboard" Jazzer) Face it. Feet are funny. Especially when they're the feet of a queen who is SUPPOSED to act very proper and prim. Especially when you're of toddler or young elementary school age, and love a ...

Red Princess: A Revolutionary Life

Sofka Zinovieff

Pegasus, 2008

A Life Of Intrigue And Incident
This life of Princess Sophy "Sofka" Dolgorouky was written by her granddaughter Sofka Zinovieff. It is a fascinating tale which spans most of the twentieth century and encapsulates much of the history of her Russian homeland during one of its most tragic eras. ...

The Interior: A Red Princess Mystery (Red Princess Mysteries)

Lisa See

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007

authentic and gripping
I spent 6 wks in Xian working in a hospital. The rules of etiquette were shocking to me until I caught on. This book mirrored for me the nature of interpersonal interactions as I experienced them in China. The novel felt so authentic that it felt like I had been ...

Flower Net: A Red Princess Mystery (Red Princess Mysteries)

Lisa See

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007

Murder and mystery in China
It's not often that a novel gives the reader an insight into a secretive foreign country, but this excellent book actually does that for China. In addition to the murders and the mysteries, there is a running font of information about life in China around 1996 or so. ...

Red Butterfly: How a Princess Smuggled the Secret of Silk Out of China

Deborah Noyes

Candlewick, 2007

Very Exciting from Beginning to End!
I couldn't wait to get my hands on this second book of the Softwire series. I was so excited to continue reading about the adventures of JT and his friends and little sister. PJ Haarsma did not let me down! I loved the entire book from start to end. As the ...

Dragon Bones: A Red Princess Mystery (Red Princess Mysteries)

Lisa See

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004

Another great story
This 3rd novel in the Red Princess Mystery series was not disappointing. Lisa See continues with her main characters and allows them to grow and reveal themselves further as their lives' circumstances change. The background of modern China brings great insight into ...

The Red Wolf

Margaret Shannon

Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002

Feminist Fairytale
I first heard this story read on NPR and I loved it. The illustrations are big and beautiful. This story is about Rose Lupin whose father "TRIES" to keep her in a tower. I love this book because the princess frees herself! A copy of The Red Wolf goes to every new ...

Charlie Bone and The Castle Of Mirrors (Children of the Red King Book 4)

Jenny Nimmo

Orchard Books, 2005

A Very Satisfying Book!
This book was very good and I enjoyed it quite a bit! Charlie Bone is a likeable character with many great friends who help him in his quests to set things right. This book was very exciting and I would recommend it to readers ages nine and older.

Red-Hot and Royal

Susanna Carr

NAL Trade, 2008

Hot Spicey and Royal
Red-Hot and Royal by Susanna Carr lives up to its title. Its fun and sexy, a great read. Three rich and single Princes each have their own thoughts on marriage after a peer is married in an arranged union. Prince Zain of Mataar flees to middle American to avoid ...

Nobody's Son

Sean Stewart

Magic Carpet Books, 2000

A story which starts where most end
This is a fantasy story which starts where most end: when the hero vanquishes the evil in the land and goes to claim his prize. The Ghostwood has been the evil in the heart of the kingdom for a thousand years, and for most of that time, the best, bravest and most noble ...

Princess Bella and the Red Velvet Hat (Bethany Backyard)

T. Davis Bunn

Bethany House Publishers, 1998

Well that is Precisely True
My 5 year old daughter has been read this book many, many, many times for her bedtime story. Prinecss Bella has a problem, she thinks she is not pretty. She wears the same red hat every day until the royal subjects think her hair must have fallen out! On the day she ...

Red Princess: A Revolutionary Life
Sofka Zinovieff

Granta Books, 2008

In 1907 Princess Sophy ('Sofka') Dolgorouky was born in St Petersburg. Members of the Imperial family had attended her parents' wedding earlier that same year, and the child was born into a privileged world of nurses, private tutors and elegant tea parties. The Russian Revolution caused the princess to flee across Europe to England, but it was the ...

George, the Dragon and the Princess
Chris Wormell

Red Fox, 2009

Far, far away over the high, high mountains in an old castle wall, in a tiny, tiny hole there lives a little mouse called George. He?s very small and rather timid and he can be a bit clumsy too. In fact, poor George is so hopeless that he can't even make lunch without burning his cheese on toast! But when a huge and terrifying dragon attacks the ...