A Royal Christmas to Remember (The Princess Parables) - Hardcover

Young, Jeanna; Johnson, Jacqueline Kinney

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 031074802X ISBN 13: 9780310748021

Publisher: Zonderkidz, 2016

Synopsis

A sweet and exciting holiday story featuring brave princesses and knights working together at Christmas to bring the message of God’s love to all those around them.

In this newest adventure in the Princess Parables series—A Royal Christmas to Remember—Princesses Joy, Grace, Faith, Charity, and Hope find themselves in the midst of a scene right out of a holiday fairytale with beautiful decorations, gifts, and a winter wonderland surrounding them. But the threat of bandits in the village lead the king away from the castle on Christmas Eve! Suddenly, the bandits come crashing into the castle. Praying to God for courage and safety, the princesses are soon rescued by five brave young knights and then do some rescuing themselves. The next day, the princesses go to the village to see how they can be of help to the people and discover that the true meaning of Christmas is honoring God and giving glory for the greatest gift of all.

A Royal Christmas to Remember:

• Includes beautiful full-color illustrations
• Is based on the Parable of the Young Ruler found in Luke 12:15-21
• Has a front cover featuring lots of holiday charm
• Introduces five brave knights to the Princess series

About this title

About the Author

Jeanna Stolle Young is a daughter of the king that lives in Southern California with her dashing husband, Bruce, her two sweet princesses, Danika and Emmalynn, and two daring princes, Christian and Kenton. God gave her the vision for this series that has caused her faith to grow through watching Him work. She has a passion for moms of princesses and knights training up the next generation for Christ.  She is a speaker and blogger at www.theprincessparables.com

There are more than 13 books in the Princess Parable brand.

Jacqueline Kinney Johnson is a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians located on the Colombian border in Central America. The vision for The Princess Parable Series was born in these jungles. She is the wife of Pastor Ralph Johnson and the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three princesses, Catherine, Alexandra Grace, and Megan Joy and four young knights, Zack, Payton, Maverick, and Christopher. She delights in stirring young hearts and imaginations with Godly character and the certainty of becoming a child of the King for eternity. Her passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. She lives in a castle perched high on a hill above the Pacific Ocean in Southern California.

Omar Aranda studied Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he was born. Many top publishers and companies worldwide have commissioned him for projects including story artwork, comics, and character design. He started his career as an artistic painter but now devotes all of his time to illustrations for children's products.

From School Library Journal

K-Gr 2—In this 13th book in the series, royal sisters Joy, Grace, Faith, Charity, and Hope enjoy the blessings of living in a castle that is beautifully decorated and full of presents. While their father tries to steer the girls back to the meaning of the holiday during their evening prayer, their thoughts are mainly on the gifts that they may get the next morning. Their idyllic Christmas Eve is interrupted just a few hours later when marauders attack a nearby village and three robbers break into the castle. The sisters are quickly rescued only to learn that parts of the village have been raided and burned. Conveying the lesson that "giving and sharing is necessary to being a true princess," they sacrifice their presents and use the castle's decorations for the village instead. VERDICT This is a Christian-based tale with accessible cartoon illustrations. The additional connection between the princesses' experience and the parable of the Rich Young Ruler at the end ensures that fans of the series will enjoy this one.—Joanna Fabicon, Los Angeles Public Library

Edition details

• Publisher: Zonderkidz
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 031074802X
• ISBN 13: 9780310748021
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Aranda Omar