Princess Hyacinth by Florence Parry Heide

The informal way that the author has set up the words in this book really adds to the unusual setting it has. Unlike most princesse who have lovely lives and beautiful dresses, this litttle princess has to stay inside all of the time and when she does leave, she has to wear an ellaborate wardrobe in order to weigh her down. This is because she floats. The author's use of sarcasm throughout the book makes this a fun read and intrigues the reader to see what will happen next. A little boy tells the princess that he like her and she thinks that instead of saying, "I like you" he may have said "Toodle-oo" or "Yike-a-doodle-doo". The princess is very bored in the castle and decided to go out in her weighed-down clothes and decides she wants to float into the sky with a bundle of baloons. She takes off everything but her "royal underwear". The little princess floats into the air and everyone in the castle goes chaotic to try and figure out how they will get her down. The little boy that likes her finally uses his kite to laso her down to earth. From there on out, she is allowed to go outside and float, as long as the little boy flew his kite in the air to catch her. Then. she was never bored again.