Happily Ever After

by Anna Quindlen

Book Overview

One day, while holding her treasured baseball mitt, Kate makes a wish. And poof! -- she turns into a princess in a fairy tale. But being a princess isn't at all what Kate imagined. Before long, she's fighting off dragons, entertaining witches, and teaching the ladies-in-waiting how to play baseball. With Kate around, fairy tale land will never be the same again!

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670869619
• ISBN13: 9780670869619
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Viking Children's Books
• Length: 43 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

Customer Reviews

A BEAUTY OF A BOOK

She's adorable; she's audacious; she's fairy-tale-loving, tomboy Kate in Pulitzer Prize winning Anna Quindlen's Happily Ever After, illus. by James Stevenson. When Kate's wish to be a princess comes true, she straightens up a kingdom by popping the black knight with a chamber pot and teaching the Serving Maids how to play baseball. Undaunted by a dragon, she reminds us that living happily ever after is being who we are.

And You Thought She was a Normal Girl

I loved Happily Ever After. I think that Kate spoke very differently from the people in the story and she taught them a lot.

A Great Fairy Tale for Girls

I love this book and have read it more than 10 times. One reason I like this book is because the main character, Kate, has mixed interests. She's a good athlete, and a tomboy, but also likes fairy tales. She's a real girl and not a goody two-shoes. The plot has lots of twists but is fun to follow. Kate is funny and shows the medieval court subjects that girls can be more than princesses. Every time I read this book, I feel like I am in the story, watching Kate. This book is like eating my favorite dessert and I love it!