Princess Pistachio

By Marie-Louise Gay (Author/Illustrator), Jacob Homel (Translator)

Book #1 in the Princess Pistachio series

A crown reveals Pistachio's royal roots, but an angry wish makes her sister vanish. Can she find the courage to bring her back?

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48 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Pistachio's birthday gift, a mysterious crown, confirms her belief she's an abducted princess. Her parents sigh, friends laugh, and sister Penny insists on playing princess. But when an angry wish makes Penny disappear, Pistachio must summon true princess courage to rescue her. As she navigates school and family, Pistachio learns that being a princess isn't just about crowns and castles—it's about bravery and love. Will she find her sister and prove her royal heart?

From the publisher

When she receives a mysterious crown for her birthday, Pistachio realizes that she is really an abducted princess. But this only makes her parents sigh, her friends laugh, and her baby sister Penny insist on “playing princess,” too. When Pistachio’s angry wish makes Penny disappear, she needs a princess’s courage to get her back. Pistachio has always known she was a princess. When a mysterious gift turns up on her birthday, she’s sure it’s only a matter of time before her real parents, the king and queen of Papua, arrive to take her away. In the meantime, though, she still has to eat her spinach and get up for school. Her friends still laugh when she wears her new gold crown to class. And her annoying baby sister insists on “Pwaying pwincess,” too. When Pistachio’s angry wish makes Penny disappear, she will need the courage of a true princess to get her back. Princess Pistachio was translated from French by Jacob Homel, the son of award-wining author and illustrator Marie-Louise Gay. As Pistachio and Penny learn, great things happen when family sticks together.

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