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Here are our favorite books about princes, princesses, and other plucky royals. These titles can be found in the Easy section of the library, unless otherwise noted.
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Izmelda the Fairest Dragon of Them All!
by Joan Marr
Izmelda the dragon is excited to meet an actual princess, but Princess Penelope is uninterested in tea parties and glass slippers--can the two find a way to get along?
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The Water Princess
by Susan Verde
A tale based on the supermodel's childhood follows the experiences of a young girl who dreams of bringing clean drinking water to her African village as she rises early every morning and makes long journeys to the well with a heavy pot that she carries on her head.
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Princesses Wear Pants
by Savannah Guthrie
A debut picture book, co-written by the co-anchor of Today, finds fun-loving Princess Penelope ignoring her closet of beautiful dresses in favor of clothes she can work and play in, from a sequined flight suit that helps her command the royal air force to the overalls that hold her tools while she tends her vegetable garden.
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The King Penguin
by Vanessa Roeder
King penguin Percival is off to find subjects who will listen to him, as long as they do not eat him first.
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Not Quite Snow White
by Ashley Franklin
Tameika is excited to audition for the school's Snow White musical, but when she overhears her classmates say she is too tall, chubby, and brown to play Snow White, she questions whether she is right for the part.
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Sandcastle
by Einat Tsarfati
Building a sandcastle that is so grand it attracts visiting royals from fairy-tale worlds, an imaginative young girl is dismayed by the constant sand that gets into everything, from the royal almond strudel and fig milk bath to the crocodile moat and badminton court.
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Princesses Versus Dinosaurs
by Linda Bailey
Plucky princesses and determined dinosaurs have a battle royale over whose book this is. When they start calling in the big guns -- or rather, the big carnivores -- and decide to build a wall to resolve their differences, princesses and dinosaurs alike learn a thing or two about open-mindedness and sharing.
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I Am a Super Girl!
by Kelly Greenawalt
Using rocket boots and her magical sparkly curls to become an empowered superhero, Princess Truly finds her strength and smarts challenged by a friend's rescue mission,
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The Fort
by Laura Perdew
A prince planning a feast in his castle and a pirate preparing her ship for a treasure hunt clash after learning they share a fort, but they soon imagine a new adventure for two.
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Pineapple Princess
by Sabina Hahn
Convinced she's a princess, a little girl makes a royal headpiece out of a pineapple and on a power rush of epic proportions, finds her kingdom slowly devolving into chaos as her pineapple crown falls apart.
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Princess Patty Meets Her Match
by Charise Mericle Harper
With no Prince Charming in sight, Princess Patty finds herself tired of waiting and decides to set out on a journey to find her own "happily-ever-after" for herself.
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Princess Dinosaur
by Daniel Kibblesmith
A spirited and expectation-defying story of a heroine who embraces two seemingly opposed aspects of her personality; she's a princess and a dinosaur!
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Princess Puffybottom...and Darryl
by Susin Nielsen-Fernlund
Indignant when her royal life is upended by the adoption of an ill-mannered puppy, pampered kitty Princess Puffybottom tries everything, from trickery to sabotage, to reclaim top status with her human subjects.
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Princess Sparkle-Heart Gets a Makeover
by Josh Schneider
Amelia and her best friend, Princess Sparkle-Heart, do almost everything together, so when the Princess suffers an accident, Amelia's mother puts her sewing box to good use and makes the doll better than ever.
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I Want My Dad!
by Tony Ross
When the Little Princess discovers that her dad, the King, is not as adventurous as the other dads, she decides to give some fun activities a try without him and realizes she is more like her father than she thought.
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The Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight
by Jennifer L Holm
He slays dragons, and she makes trouble. He rescues kittens and she makes mischief. But is she really all the bad? Is he really always good?
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Brianna Bright Ballerina Knight
by Pam Calvert
Believing she will never realize her dream of becoming a ballerina, Princess Brianna Bright teams up with her trusty dog Pixie to find out exactly what she is destined to do.
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Reading Beauty
by Deborah Underwood
Space Princess Lex embarks on a quest to break a curse that has removed all the books from her kingdom.
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Princesses Save the World
by Savannah Guthrie
When the bees they depend upon to grow their precious fruit begin disappearing from the Strawberry Kingdom, Princess Penny calls a meeting of the Fruit Nations and teams up with her fellow princesses to find a creative solution.
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