Princess Parties And Free Books

When I was five, I was invited to a princess party for my friend Emily P.'s birthday.   Even though I was then, as I am now, not a huge princess person, I waited for the party with baited breath.  Seriously, baited.  And then, one day, as I was expressing this anticipation to my mother for the zillionth time, she said, "Wait!  The party's right now!"

This wasn't just a cruel joke.  She had FORGOTTEN about the party and by the time we got there, it was over.  Oh, the humanity!  Emily P. opened ...