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32 pp.
| Charlesbridge
| February, 2007
|
TradeISBN 978-1-57091-652-6$15.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Michael Chesworth.
When hideously bratty Princess Justina Albertina demands a pet, her unfortunate nanny must go to the ends of the earth to find the perfect one. Though the writing lacks subtlety and the ending is mean-spirited, the watercolor, colored-pencil, and gouache illustrations tell a more entertaining story, as the nanny gains personal enrichment as a result of her journeys.