Sir Princess Petra: The Pen Pieyu Adventures
Written by Diane Mae Robinson
As the story opens, we meet Princess Petra who is about to celebrate her birthday on the ninth day of the ninth month on the ninth year. According to royal custom, she may request anything she wishes as a birthday gift. Petra addresses her parents and informs them that she is tired of the usual gifts of jewelry and clothes. This year she wants to become a royal knight. Her father, King Longstride cannot find anything disallowing her request in the royal rulebook. However, she must choose and successfully accomplish one of three acts of royal bravery: capture a crocodile and make his skin into a royal leather chair, quiet the howling dragon named Snarls who lives in the Forest of Doom, or eat a roomful of raw onions! The princess dislikes onions and is friendly with the kingdom’s crocodile, so she quickly decides on quieting the dragon.
Princess Petra departs the castle in a suit of armor made of pots and pans because all the royal armor is too big for her. Her weapon looks more like a cake knife than a sword. The poor princess soon meets adversity. During her adventures, she must figure out how to stop the dragon from howling and keeping the royal family awake, cope with a witch in the bog, and deal with an army of knights from a neighboring kingdom who want to challenge her. This princess has brains and common sense along with her beauty. She does not win her battles with force and bullying; Petra is a good judge of character and human nature! (even if some of those characters are not technically human) She has a wonderful sense of humor and can turn adversity into advantage.
Petra provides an outstanding role model for young boys and girls for she has many lessons of courage, friendship and character to teach them. She and the other quirky characters in this book possess a delightful sense of humor. The black and white pencil drawings are soft and subtle complementing the quick moving text of this short chapter book which could be read in one sitting as a read aloud or in chapters for discussion in a classroom setting. Looking forward to reading more of The Pen Pieyu Adventures from this talented new author.
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7 responses to “A PRINCESS WITH PIZAZZ!”
LovableLobo
January 5th, 2014 at 17:15
Great review! I find Sir Princess Petra quite charming and am a big fan of Diane’s books.
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bamauthor
January 6th, 2014 at 17:36
She is a delight….I have to get to the second book soon!
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Diane M. Robinson
January 13th, 2014 at 23:41
Lovable Lobo, you are just everywhere! Thanks for stopping by. I can always count on you.
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LovableLobo
January 14th, 2014 at 16:26
Yes, Diane, you can always count on me. After all, isn’t that what a honorary knight of Pen Pieyu Kingdom does?
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Diane Robinson
January 14th, 2014 at 17:47
Honorary knight of Pen Pieyu, you are that, Lobo.
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Diane M. Robinson
January 13th, 2014 at 23:40
Hello Barbara Ann.
I came across your review of my book on Amazon and looked you up. Thank you so much for choosing to do a review, and a great review at that. I really appreciate it. If you are interested in reviewing book two, I can send you a copy. I’m glad you enjoyed Petra and her adventures. She does tend to have some strange things happen to her. Thanks again, Barbara Ann
Sincerely,
Diane Mae Robinson
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bamauthor
January 14th, 2014 at 14:25
It was a joy to read! You are welcome.
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Another 5 Star Review for Sir Princess Petra | One Girl Writes March 15th, 2014 at 19:56
[…] https://bamauthor.me/2014/01/05/a-princess-with-pizazz/ A PRINCESS WITH PIZAZZ!, January 5, 2014 This review is from: Sir Princess Petra (Pen Pieyu Adventures) (Kindle Edition) As the story opens, we meet Princess Petra who is about to celebrate her birthday on the ninth day of the ninth month on the ninth year. According to royal custom, she may request anything she wishes as a birthday gift. Petra addresses her parents and informs them that she is tired of the usual gifts of jewelry and clothes. This year she wants to become a royal knight. Her father, King Longstride cannot find anything disallowing her request in the royal rulebook. However, she must choose and successfully accomplish one of three acts of royal bravery: capture a crocodile and make his skin into a royal leather chair, quiet the howling dragon named Snarls who lives in the Forest of Doom, or eat a roomful of raw onions! The princess dislikes onions and is friendly with the kingdom’s crocodile, so she quickly decides on quieting the dragon.Princess Petra departs the castle in a suit of armor made of pots and pans because all the royal armor is too big for her. Her weapon looks more like a cake knife than a sword. The poor princess soon meets adversity. During her adventures, she must figure out how to stop the dragon from howling and keeping the royal family awake, cope with a witch in the bog, and deal with an army of knights from a neighboring kingdom who want to challenge her. This princess has brains and common sense along with her beauty. She does not win her battles with force and bullying; Petra is a good judge of character and human nature! (even if some of those characters are not technically human) She has a wonderful sense of humor and can turn adversity into advantage.Petra provides an outstanding role model for young boys and girls for she has many lessons of courage, friendship and character to teach them. She and the other quirky characters in this book possess a delightful sense of humor. The black and white pencil drawings are soft and subtle complementing the quick moving text of this short chapter book which could be read in one sitting as a read aloud or in chapters for discussion in a classroom setting. Looking forward to reading more of The Pen Pieyu Adventures from this talented new author. For more review for dragon books for children, fantasy kids books, adventure kids books: http://www.dianemaerobinson.com/p/reviews.html […]
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