The Very Fairy Princess

Contributors

By Julie Andrews

By Emma Walton Hamilton

Illustrated by Christine Davenier

Formats and Prices

On Sale
May 18, 2010
Page Count
32 pages
ISBN-13
9780316040501

Price

$18.99

Price

$23.99 CAD

The book that launched the #1 New York Times bestselling series about believing in yourself and finding your own inner sparklefrom the mother-daughter team of musical icon Julie Andrews and author Emma Walton Hamilton!

While her friends and family may not believe in fairies, Geraldine knows, deep down, that she is a VERY fairy princess. From morning to night, Gerry does everything that fairy princesses do: she dresses in her royal attire, practices her flying skills, and she is always on the lookout for problems to solve. But it isn’t all twirls and tiaras – as every fairy princess knows, dirty fingernails and scabby knees are just the price you pay for a perfect day!


This new picture book addition to the Julie Andrews Collection features the joyful illustrations of Christine Davenier, and is sure to inspire that sparkly feeling within the hearts of readers young and old.

  • "Geraldine radiates noblesse oblige, heedless energy, and a sense of destiny—she's Eloise crossed with Hillary Clinton."
    Publishers Weekly
  • "[Geraldine] lets kids know it's not necessary to be prim and proper to be a 'real' princess; princesses who just want to have fun will find plenty of that here."
    Booklist
  • Praise for Julie Andrew's Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies:

    New York Times Bestseller

    "This is a warmly sentimental collection, leavened with humor and poignancy, ...educators and librarians will also embrace it for its sincere advocacy of reading aloud." I>School Library Journal

    "Julie Andrews and her daughter's selection of material for children...is bound to become a favorite." I>Publishers Weekly

    For Home:

    "...the quality of her prose such that you are reminded she is already an established children's author."
    The New York Times

Julie Andrews

About the Author

Julie Andrews’s legendary career encompasses the Broadway and London stages, as well as multiple films, television shows, album releases, concert tours, directing assignments, and the world of children’s publishing. In 2000 the title of Dame Commander of the British Empire was bestowed upon her by Queen Elizabeth II for lifetime achievements in the arts and humanities. Her many other honors include a Kennedy Center honor in the fall of 2001. She was married to film director Blake Edwards for forty-one years, and the couple have five children, ten grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Emma Walton Hamilton is an award-winning writer, producer and arts educator. Together with her mother, Julie Andrews, she has written over thirty books for children and young adults. Emma is on the faculty of Stony Brook University’s MFA in Creative Writing, where she serves as director of the Children’s Lit Fellows and the Young Artists and Writers Project.

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