TUESDAY: The Princess and the Peabodys

(for some reason, I can only find the link to the Kindle version of this, but it is available in hardback, too. It is for kids 9 to 12)

Casey and her grandmother spend the occasional Saturday at garage sales. One morning they find an old, heavy box they can't open. At home, with the help of Casey's dad and brother, they open the box and find a princess inside, tiara and all. And she is NOT happy about finding "commoners" with weird clothes who refuse to bow and curtsy to her. Now Casey and her family have to count on a student wizard from Princess Eglantine's time to get "Egg" back where she belongs so they can get back to their lives.

This was a very fun story. It reminded me of the recent Disney movie The Princess Protection Program in that you have a princess who is used to a certain sort of life being thrust into the regular every day life of "commoners." This story is about younger characters and has some magic thrown in which takes the story in a different direction than the Disney movie. I think I liked this story better. I would happily recommend this story - and even read it again myself.