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Choose Your Own World: Royal For a Day
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...
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A 'choose your own' format picture book with choices about the real lives of royals from around the world and throughout history.
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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 palace? A castle? A cave? Every time you open the book, you can create a whole new kingdom.
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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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 palace? A castle? A cave? Every time you open the book, you can create...Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableOut 29 Sep 2026Pre-order
Book Details
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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: 0g
Pages: 32
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.Also by Lucy King
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