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Song for a Princess

Classification
Genre	Picture Book
Age Range	4-7
Category	Fiction
ISBN-10	1906427119
ISBN-13	978-1906427115

Rights
World	Eve White
Film	Eve White

Publishers
UK (C'wealth)	Chicken House
US	Scholastic

Song for a Princess

by Rachael Mortimer Illustrated by Maddy McClelland

To be published July 2010 in UK, US, Australia and Canada

When a princess casts a shadow over her palace garden, the birds who live there try to help her find happiness again. The peacock dazzles her with the beauty of his feathers. The magpie tempts her with jewels The nuthatch and the starling give her a banquet of nuts and blackberries. But even the seagull who brings the smell of ice cream and sandcastles on his wings fails to make the Princess smile. When an ordinary little wren offers to sing her a story full of happy words, the other birds mock. But the warmth of his words mends the Princess’s heart. Sun shines on the garden again as the Princess and the Wren become friends forever.

Samples: 1

from SONG FOR A PRINCESS

In the palace garden there lived a bird who loved words. He loved them more than most birds loved worms. A worm was gone in two beakfuls, but a word could bring pleasure over and over again. The little bird caught words as they blew on the breeze. They were treasures he took back to his nest. The words shone like jewels and made the little bird feel rich.

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