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When I was a little girl I loved (and I do mean LOVED) to read princess books. To be honest, I still do. There is something about the idea of dressing up, sporting a tiara, and being a princess that made me happy. Though now that I am grown, I also know just how great it can be to not be a princess. Anyway, here are some of my favorite newer princess books, just in case there are other princesses fans out there besides myself. 

By Tom Gauld 
Neal Porter Books, Holiday House, 2021. 

This may be my most favorite new princess picture book. It is all about the unusual family—the King and Queen couldn’t have kids so an inventor made a robot and a witch enchanted a log. I love the family love and the lengths that each sibling goes to in order to bring their family back together. 

By Laura Amy Schlitz 
Illustrated by Brian Floca 
Candlewick Press, 2017. 

In this story Princess Cora doesn’t like many of the things she is forced to do day after day as a princess. I love how just one day of having a crocodile (thanks to her fairy godmother) brings her such joy. 

By Jacob Sager Weinstein 
Illustrated by Raissa Figueroa 
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021. 

In this book a King and a Queen think that they need to spend all the kingdom’s money on sparkles and glitter for their princess to wear. However, the princess has other ideas and thinks of new ways to save the kingdom from a rather large dragon problem. 

By Tracy Marchini 
Illustrated by Julia Christians 
Page Street Kids, 2021. 

This is a story about a King that has three princesses and one prince and a large alligator problem. It is quite fun to see how the princesses work to invent a way to save the day (the King doesn’t really think princesses should do anything like that)! 

By Jackie Morris 
Illustrated by Ehsan Abdollahi Tiny Owl, 2019. 

This is a beautiful retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses. I also love how it doesn’t have quite the traditional ending—but leaves the soldier with a better perspective of what he truly wants in life.
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