This brand-new Ready-to-Read series stars a princess who’s a royal pain! Princess Regina isn’t lovely, or sweet, or charming like a princess is supposed to be....Instead, she’s downright rotten! When Regina’s concerned parents send her off to a special princess boarding school, Regina is horrified to learn that she’s not the only princess in the world. Not only that, she has to share a dorm room with another princess! After a long day of lessons, an exhausted Regina realizes she hasn’t done anything really rotten all day...but she’ll fix that problem, pronto.

Princess Regina has something wicked waiting in the wings for the school play in this hilarious Level 2 Ready-to-Read story. Miss Prunerot has big plans for this year’s class play. The princesses will be starring in The Wizard of Oz. Regina—the Really Rotten Princess—is cast as Glinda the Good Witch. At first it seems like the role might be rubbing off on Regina. She’s on her best behavior. But there may be more to her new attitude than meets the eye…

When she has the chance to ruin a bake sale, Princess Regina is anything but sweet in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read story. The princesses at Miss Prunerot’s school are planning a bake sale featuring Regina’s special cupcakes. But when Regina finds out the bake sale will take place at a wizard’s convention, she can’t resist the temptation to live up to her nickname and do something really rotten to ruin everything!

Princess Regina has a perfectly rotten plan to win the class election in this hilarious Level 2 Ready-to-Read story. When Miss Prunerot announces an election for class president, most of the princesses can’t wait and plan out special campaigns to win the hearts of their classmates. Even Regina hopes to blow everyone away, but not with a catchy slogan or glittery poster. She has something really rotten planned to win the election!

Princess Regina has a perfectly rotten plan to win the class election in this hilarious Level 2 Ready-to-Read story. When Miss Prunerot announces an election for class president, most of the princesses can’t wait and plan out special campaigns to win the hearts of their classmates. Even Regina hopes to blow everyone away, but not with a catchy slogan or glittery poster. She has something really rotten planned to win the election!

Elizabeth Honey's delightfully illustrated and boisterous story will appeal to independently minded children everywhere.

Have you ever been REALLY mad at your best friend? * "This well-crafted story is an excellent choice for those seeking books featuring conflict-resolution." -- Booklist, starred reviewIn two little houses,on two little hills,lived two best friends...So begins the story of Rita and Ralph. Every day they meet to play beneath the apple tree. It's always fun and games -- until one roundly rotten day when a new game means someone ends up crying. Who knew it could be so hard to say "I'm sorry?"Just when it seems nothing will ever be right again, a surprising thing happens. The old friends try something new, that isn't new at all. Something they've done a hundred times...Carmen Agra Deedy's brilliant storytelling combined with Pete Oswald's spirited illustrations make for a comforting tale of healing and true friendship.

When her kitten scampers away after becoming entangled in a skein of glittering pink yarn, Princess Penelope follows the pink trail through her castle, courtyard, and stables.

In this perceptive and witty book, Theodore Dalrymple unmasks the hidden sentimentality that is suffocating public life. Under themultiple guises of raising children well, caring for the underprivileged, assisting the less able and doing good generally, we are achieving quite the opposite. Dalrymple takes the reader on both an entertaining and at times shocking journey through social, political, popular and literary issues as diverse as child tantrums, aggression, educational reform, honour killings, sexual abuse, public emotions and the role of suffering, and shows the perverse results when we abandon logic in favour of the cult of feeling.

Dear Reader, I'm so proud to introduce Gaelen Foley, a captivating new writer who will sweep you away with this unforgettable story of forbidden love and wondrous destiny. Darius Santiago is the King's most trusted man, a master spy and assassin. He is handsome, charming, ruthless, and he has one weakness--the stunning Princess Serafina. She is all he has ever wanted and everything he cannot have. Serafina has worshipped Darius from afar her whole life, knowing that deep in the reaches of her soul, where she is not royalty but a flesh and blood woman, she belongs to this dangerous, untouchable man. Unable to suppress their desire any longer, they are swept into a daring dance of passion destined to consume them both until a deadly enemy threatens to destroy their new love. PRINCESS is historical romance at its best--full of adventure, intrigue, and pageantry--from an amazingly talented new author whose storytelling career is just beginning. . . . Enjoy! Shauna Summers Senior Editor The Ballantine Publishing Group