Princess Cora and the Crocodile
Candlewick Press · Print & ebook · October 8, 2019
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- Who it’s for
- Dry comedy and a lively outdoor adventure loosen the grip of royal routine.
- Themes
- Childhood freedom and play, Overprotective parents
- Genres
- Alligators & Crocodiles, Funny Stories, Royalty & Princes
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A Newbery Medalist and a Caldecott Medalist join forces to give an overscheduled princess a day off — and a deliciously wicked crocodile a day on. Princess Cora is sick of boring lessons. She’s sick of running in circles around the dungeon gym. She’s sick, sick, sick of taking three baths a day. And her parents won’t let her have a dog.
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But when she writes to her fairy godmother for help, she doesn’t expect that help to come in the form of a crocodile—a crocodile who does not behave properly. With perfectly paced dry comedy, children’s book luminaries Laura Amy Schlitz and Brian Floca send Princess Cora on a delightful outdoor adventure — climbing trees! getting dirty! having fun! — while her alter ego wreaks utter havoc inside the castle, obliging one pair of royal helicopter parents to reconsider their ways.
Royal Mischief
Dry comedy and a lively outdoor adventure loosen the grip of royal routine.
Come here for
- A badly behaved crocodile and a princess ready for fresh air
- Mischief that spills from the castle into the outdoors
Expect
- Brisk comic turns and a spirited outdoor adventure
- Royal fussiness meeting gloriously improper behavior
Where it sits
| Alligators & Crocodiles | 55% |
|---|---|
| Royalty & Princes | 44% |
| Funny Stories | 42% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Alligators & Crocodiles
- Royalty & Princes
- Self-Esteem & Resilience
- Authors
- Laura Amy Schlitz
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- October 8, 2019
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Childhood freedom and play · Overprotective parents
- Reading lane
- Alligators & Crocodiles