Princess Cora and the Crocodile

<b>A Newbery Medalist and a Caldecott Medalist join forces to give an overscheduled princess a day off &#151; and a deliciously wicked crocodile a day <i>on.</i></b><br><br>Princess Cora is sick of boring lessons. She&#146;s sick of running in circles around the dungeon gym. She&#146;s sick sick sick<i> </i>of taking three baths a day. And her parents won&#146;t let her have a dog. But when she writes to her fairy godmother for help she doesn&#146;t expect that help to come in the form of a <i>crocodile</i>&#151;a crocodile who does <i>not</i> behave properly. With perfectly paced dry comedy children&#146;s book luminaries Laura Amy Schlitz and Brian Floca send Princess Cora on a delightful outdoor adventure &#151; climbing trees! getting dirty! having <i>fun!</i> &#151; while her alter ego wreaks utter havoc inside the castle obliging one pair of royal helicopter parents to reconsider their ways.