Princess Picture Books
Fiction
The Princess and the Pizza
Mary Jane and Herm Auch, 2002
A princess must pass several tests, including an impossible cooking contest, to become the
bride of a prince.
E / AUCH
The Princesses Have a Ball
Teresa Bateman, 2002
A retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses these princesses wear out their shoes every
night by secretly playing basketball.
E / BATEMAN
Princess Peepers
Pam Calvert, 2008
After the other princesses tease her, Peepers tries to go to the ball without her glasses
and falls out of the window and onto the prince!
E / CALVERT
Do Princesses Really Kiss Frogs?
Carmela LaVigna Coyle, 2005
A young girl on a hike with her father learns all about what princesses really do.
E / COYLE
Princess Knight
Cornelia Funke, 2004
Along with her brothers, Princess Violetta learns to be a knight and must prove she is the best knight in the kingdom.
E / FUNKE
Sarah’s Lion
Margaret Greaves, 1992
Princess Sarah wants to explore beyond the palace, but her family will not let her – until
finally Sarah takes matters into her own hands.
E / GREAVES
Princess Hyacinth: The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated
Florence Parry Heide, 2009
Unless she is weighted down, the unhappy Princess Hyacinth floats away. Until the day
kite-flying Boy comes to visit and her life changes.
E / HEIDE
Princess Grace
Mary Hoffman, 2008
Grace cannot decide what kind of princess she should be for the parade, so she gets help
from friends and family.
E / HOFFMAN
Twenty-six Princesses
Dave Horowitz, 2008
For a party at the castle, there is a princess for every letter of the alphabet.
E / HOROWITZ
Princess Baby
Karen Katz, 2008
She wears a crown and a fancy dress – can you guess this little girl’s name?
E / KATZ
Paper Princess
Elisa Kleven, 1994
A paper princess comes to life as she floats through the air in this story about finding
home and friends.
E / KLEVEN
Princesses Are Not Quitters!
Kate Lum, 2003
For an entire day, three princesses do the same hard work as their servants, because they
are not quitters!
E / LUM
Storytelling Princess
Rafe Martin, 2001
A princess rebels against her fate to tell a prince a story he doesn’t know to earn his
hand in marriage.
E / MARTIN
The Paper Bag Princess
Robert Munsch, 1980
A courageous and clever princess named Elizabeth challenges a dragon to save her prince.
E / MUNSCH
TPrincess Picky
Marjorie Priceman, 2002
Princess Nicki refuses to eat her vegetables, so the king tries everything to bribe
“Princess Picky.”
E / PRICEMAN
The Red Wolf
Margaret Shannon, 2002
A princess knits a red wolf suit so she can finally explore the dangerous and wild world!
E / SHANNON
Tumble Tower
Anne Tyler, 1993
Princess Molly’s room is not neat and tidy as you would expect the room of a princess to
be, but when the castle floods, her messiness saves the day.
E / TYLER
Waking Beauty
Leah Wilcox, 2008
A prince tries all sorts of crazy things to wake a snoring princess in this fun retelling
of Sleeping Beauty.
E / WILCOX
Nonfiction
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella
Paul Fleischman, 2007
Multicultural illustrations from many different countries make this a unique retelling of
Cinderella.
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The Frog Princess
Laura Cecil, 1994
This reversal of the Frog Prince is about a clever frog princess who has to compete to win
her prince.
j398.1 / Frog Prince / CEC
The Very Smart Pea and the Princess-to-be
Mini Grey, 2003
Told by the tenacious pea, in this story the pea chooses the princess to marry the prince.
j398.1 / Princess & Pea / GRE
Snoring Beauty
Bruce Hale, 2008
In this version of Sleeping Beauty, the princess is turned into a snoring dragon!
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