cover image The Princess's Secret Letters [With EnvelopesWith Paper]

The Princess's Secret Letters [With EnvelopesWith Paper]

Hilary Robinson. Red Wagon Books, $12.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-15-205162-4

The Princess's Secret Letters by Hilary Robinson, illus. by Mandy Stanley, comes with a set of eight letters and envelopes so readers can emulate young Lucy and pen their own missives. Lucy begins a correspondence with Princess Isabella to wish her a happy birthday, asking questions about royal life. The royal's letters tell Lucy the official answer, princess's the secret, ""real"" answer (e.g., Isabella's party entertainment ""officially"" involves a quartet of classical musicians, but ""secretly,"" the girl and her friends are entertained by DJ Dan the Disco Man).