P Is for Princess: A Royal Alphabet

Title:               P Is for Princess: A Royal Alphabet
Category:       Concept
Grade:            K-4
Author:          Steven L. and Deborah Dover Layne
Illustrator:      N/A
Publisher:       Sleeping Bear Press
Date:               2007
Pages:             32

Summary:     
An unusual alphabet tale, this book uses the ABC’s as a tool to channel information about royalty, both in fiction and in the real world.  Each letter is beautifully illustrated with a brief rhyme explaining the words for that letter: nobility, Snow White and Xerxes, to name a few.  Each page also contains a sidebar with far more advanced information about the topic introduced for either a parent or an older reader. 

Review:

The biggest deterrent to this book is the alphabet structure, which may cause the most appropriate readers not to select it.