Princess Cora and the Crocodile

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. 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.”