The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party

Inconvenient monster alarms,a sparkly array of princess guestsand spot-on slapstick pacing make for a party readers will celebrate. Today is Princess MagnoliaΓÇÖs birthday partyand she wants everything to be perfect. But just as her guests are arriving . . . Brring! Brring! The monster alarm! Princess Magnolia runs to the broom closetditches her frilly clothesand becomes the Princess in Black! She rushes to the goat pasturedefeats the monsterand returns to the castle before her guests discover her secret. But every time Princess Magnolia is about to open her presentsthe monster alarm rings again. And every time she rushes backΓÇöan inside-out dress herea missing shoe thereΓÇöit gets harder to keep the other princesses from being suspicious. DonΓÇÖt those monsters understand that now is not a good time for an attack?