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The Wandering Princess Trilogy
The princess saves the day and fantasy creatures that are not quite who you'd expect in this funny and off-beat fairy tale world. Now you can get the first three Wandering Princess stories in one book. Includes the Wandering Princess, the Wandering Princess Goes Home and the Wandering Princess Comes Back.
The Wandering Princess books feature a strong female lead character not bound by the traditional roles and relationships that we’ve come to expect from a fairy tale princess. Readers will find a balance of satire and wisdom, humor and adventure that appeals to all ages. The books are dialog driven and divided into easy-to-read chapters, similar to episodes within a television series. It’s easy to squeeze in a chapter or two during lunch or other break. The Wandering Princess series also offers a bridge between illustrated chapter books and longer literature.
After her father loses his kingdom, Princess Savanah is content to wander from town to town selling her inventions until she spends reaches a mysterious village called the Hollow. All of the townspeople are too busy leaving out food and shutting themselves in for the night to speak with her, but she meets the self-described Manfred the Pretty Good Fairy. Manfred explains that although he's the guardian of the Dark Forest, he can't perform much magic since losing most of the pages from his spell book. He tells her the people of the Hollow leave out food and hide from a creature that visits the village each night. Savanah never sees the creature but does talk to a mysterious pair of eyes who speaks in riddles and seems to know her.
The following morning, the villagers are astonished to find her safe and sound and the Baron of the village summons Savanah to a feast to celebrate her bravery. Between bites of food, he implores her to travel to the Cinder Mountains and confront the creature harassing his village. Intrigued and reminded of her father's misfortunes, Savanah decides to take up the quest and convinces Manfred to accompany her. Manfred reluctantly agrees to go along, with the hope that they may be able to find some of his spell pages along the way.
In order to reach the Cinder Mountains, Savanah and Manfred must travel through the Dark Forest, across the Lake of ages and over the Middle Valley. Along the way, they have to face off with a witch who can’t get her spells quite right, outsmart a cantankerous fish that wants to eat them and solve the pointless riddles of the Bridge Troll. The pair also make some new friends and gain some new allies. And upon reaching their destination, they discover things just may not be as they seem in the Hollow or the mountains.
In the Wandering Princess Goes Home,Savanah the Wandering Princess and her friends, Manfred the pretty good fairy, Prince the six-foot frog and Biscotti the half-baked biscuit person are starting another adventure. Together with Gavin the woodsprite and Axel the water skirter, they’re embarking on a new quest to replace Manfred’s missing spell book.
They need to find the Fairy Master Scribe who happens to live near Savanah’s old kingdom of Cliffside. Along the way they’ll face the usual assortment of challenges, absurdities and even dangers. If successful, they may just be able to help Manfred get his magic back and help Savanah learn more about her father and the fate of his lost kingdom.
In the Wandering Princess Comes Back, the time has comes for Savanah the Wandering Princess and her friends to return home to lands of the Cinder Mountains. They plan to sail a newly acquired ship up the Serpentine River to the edge of the Dark Forest in their own kingdom. However, a well-meaning spell by Manfred the pretty good fairy sends them off course and in pursuit of an unpredictable pack of conjured creatures wreaking having across the lands.
The Wandering Princess books feature a strong female lead character not bound by the traditional roles and relationships that we’ve come to expect from a fairy tale princess. Readers will find a balance of satire and wisdom, humor and adventure that appeals to all ages. The books are dialog driven and divided into easy-to-read chapters, similar to episodes within a television series. It’s easy to squeeze in a chapter or two during lunch or other break. The Wandering Princess series also offers a bridge between illustrated chapter books and longer literature.
After her father loses his kingdom, Princess Savanah is content to wander from town to town selling her inventions until she spends reaches a mysterious village called the Hollow. All of the townspeople are too busy leaving out food and shutting themselves in for the night to speak with her, but she meets the self-described Manfred the Pretty Good Fairy. Manfred explains that although he's the guardian of the Dark Forest, he can't perform much magic since losing most of the pages from his spell book. He tells her the people of the Hollow leave out food and hide from a creature that visits the village each night. Savanah never sees the creature but does talk to a mysterious pair of eyes who speaks in riddles and seems to know her.
The following morning, the villagers are astonished to find her safe and sound and the Baron of the village summons Savanah to a feast to celebrate her bravery. Between bites of food, he implores her to travel to the Cinder Mountains and confront the creature harassing his village. Intrigued and reminded of her father's misfortunes, Savanah decides to take up the quest and convinces Manfred to accompany her. Manfred reluctantly agrees to go along, with the hope that they may be able to find some of his spell pages along the way.
In order to reach the Cinder Mountains, Savanah and Manfred must travel through the Dark Forest, across the Lake of ages and over the Middle Valley. Along the way, they have to face off with a witch who can’t get her spells quite right, outsmart a cantankerous fish that wants to eat them and solve the pointless riddles of the Bridge Troll. The pair also make some new friends and gain some new allies. And upon reaching their destination, they discover things just may not be as they seem in the Hollow or the mountains.
In the Wandering Princess Goes Home,Savanah the Wandering Princess and her friends, Manfred the pretty good fairy, Prince the six-foot frog and Biscotti the half-baked biscuit person are starting another adventure. Together with Gavin the woodsprite and Axel the water skirter, they’re embarking on a new quest to replace Manfred’s missing spell book.
They need to find the Fairy Master Scribe who happens to live near Savanah’s old kingdom of Cliffside. Along the way they’ll face the usual assortment of challenges, absurdities and even dangers. If successful, they may just be able to help Manfred get his magic back and help Savanah learn more about her father and the fate of his lost kingdom.
In the Wandering Princess Comes Back, the time has comes for Savanah the Wandering Princess and her friends to return home to lands of the Cinder Mountains. They plan to sail a newly acquired ship up the Serpentine River to the edge of the Dark Forest in their own kingdom. However, a well-meaning spell by Manfred the pretty good fairy sends them off course and in pursuit of an unpredictable pack of conjured creatures wreaking having across the lands.
- GenresFantasy
562 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 13, 2024
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Dominic Villari
49 books13 followersDominic Villari is well versed in the art and science of making stuff up. He is the writer and illustrator of over 30 books including the popular chapter book series Cats and Dogs, and children's books such as Don't Poke the Bear, Sun and Moon, and The Yelling Monsters. He is also the author of the Wandering Princess series of novels as well as other works including The Ginger Bread Man, Spirit of Steam: The Great Divide and Talks to Things. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and daughter, both of whom have very good at knowing when he's making stuff up.
Author/Illustrator Dominic Villari offers stories for every reading level including early reader picture books based on phonics and other basic concepts, illustrated chapter books, young adult fiction and popular fiction. The chart plots most of his available books according to grade level and several popular reading programs.
Author/Illustrator Dominic Villari offers stories for every reading level including early reader picture books based on phonics and other basic concepts, illustrated chapter books, young adult fiction and popular fiction. The chart plots most of his available books according to grade level and several popular reading programs.
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Sadly I have to DNF this at 10%.
I love the whimsical premise and quirky characters but the writing style isn't for me. Every line has the words "he said" and "she said" and reads a bit too young for my taste.
Sadly I have to DNF this at 10%.
I love the whimsical premise and quirky characters but the writing style isn't for me. Every line has the words "he said" and "she said" and reads a bit too young for my taste.
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