Golden by Cameron Dokey. I have been reading a number of books by Cameron Dokey lately. She writes a book that twists a fairy tale a little. This book is about Rapunzel, turns out that Rapunzel is really bald, true story. The characters are fun in this book and it, of course, ends happily ever after.




Princess Ben by Catherine Gilbert Murdock. This princess has a wide girth and loves food. She gets in trouble for eating all of the time. I like her. She has a hard life, that only gets worse. Wicked aunt and all. There is a little Cinderella meets Sleeping Beauty and some magic as well. Everything needed to make a great story.



A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson. Wow... do I love this author. She is way more "classy" than me, always talking about paintings and opera and ballet that I do not know a lot about. (Thankfully I recently checked out some Baby Einstein board books that showed most of the art she mentioned, so I was right there with her on that part.) She also uses words I am not familiar with like "epergne" (something on the table) and "shantung" (describing a suit) and plenty of words in French, Italian, Latin and who knows what else. I guess it is good for my brain to read things that stretch me a little. I do know much more about ballet than ever before. Anywho, loved this book!!