Choose Your Own World: Royal For a Day

Name: Choose Your Own World: Royal For a Day
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781444975659
Price: 24.99 NZD
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By Welbeck Children's Books and Lucy King

Series: Choose Your Own World

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Your kingdom awaits! But what to wear? Which animal should you choose as your royal companion - will it be a feisty pug, like Josephine of France, a monkey like Catherine of Aragon, or a chameleon like Queen Elizabeth II? Where should you live - a... Read More

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Peppered with facts about real royals from around the world and throughout history, Royal for a Day will help young readers step into new shoes for the day as they choose to take charge of their own destiny.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781444975659

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Welbeck Children's Books

Contributors:

Illustrated by María Serrano

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 245.0mm

Height: 245.0mm

Weight: 350g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Lucy King Series: Choose Your Own World Welbeck Children's Books

About the Author

Maria Serrano (Illustrator)

Maria is an illustrator based in South East Spain. She has worked with publishers based in the UK, Belgium, and Spain, and I loves to work in different areas like educational projects, fiction books, and picture books. She has worked with Wacky Bee, Oxford University Press, Pearson Education, Templar books among others. Through her illustrated stories, Maria aims to inspire both kids and adults to embrace the beauty and excitement of always looking at the world through the eyes of a child as well as to feel comfortable and be brave to be who they truly are.

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