The Pretend Princess

The mask she wore

to fool the crowd--

made in her royal mask shop--

disappeared from existence,

for her charade had been

put to a stop.

Who is the Pretend Princess?

Why must her house of cards fall?

Lynne Roers enjoys the quiet country life with her husband and best friend, Peter. One of the greatest early influences on her poetry style was Dr. Seuss. As a little girl, she only had one Dr. Seuss book, I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew, which she read over and over and over until she practically had it memorized. She hopes her book impacts readers in the same way and that the words jump from the page and come to life in every reader's heart.

Tiffany Harris is a Moonbeam Award-winning children's book illustrator and artist. Living on her family farm in southeastern Iowa inspires her art and feeds her soul. When she's not creating in her studio, Tiffany loves playing with her grandkids, walking in wild places with Finn the dog, and kayaking on local lakes.