"Suitors! The princess hated the thought of it." In just five days, Princess Patricia Priscilla will turn sixteen. At a grand birthday ball, she must choose a husband from her noble suitors: Duke Desmond of Dyspepsia, Prince Percival of Pustula, and conjoint counts, Colin and Cuthbert. The princess's thoughts about the upcoming festivities? Bored, bored, bored. So "perfectly disguised as a pitiful peasant," she sneaks out of the palace to attend the village school. Black-and-white illustrations.
A wide variety of novels and accessible nonfiction for younger elementary readers who love a good story comprise this category of 12 books per year. The focus in these titles is primarily on the text, though some novels may feature illustration.