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The Princess in Black and the Kitty Catastrophe
By (Author) Shannon Hale
By (author) Dean Hale
Illustrated by Leuyen Pham
11
Candlewick Press,U.S.
Candlewick Press,U.S.
1st September 2025
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Queens, kings, princesses, princes etc
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Cats including big cats
FIC
Paperback
96
Width 162mm, Height 208mm
369g
The Princess in Black may know how to handle all kinds of monsters, but a kitten set on destruction Me-OW!
Duchess Wigtower had heard that pets are fun, but all her kitten has gotten her is nine lives worth of problems. Eeeeek! Its time for someone else to deal with this catastrophe. Princess Magnolia is thrilled when a kitten lands on her doorstep, but just as shes about to play with Plumpkins (or should it be Hugmaster Floof), the monster alarm goes off. When Princess Magnolia returns to her castle, her furry companion has carved up the wallpaper! In fact, each time Princess Magnolia leaves to help the Goat Avenger fight a very grouchy monster, her feline friend wreaks havoc. Has the Princess in Black finally met her match Ten years after she first donned her cape, the Princess in Black returns for a purrfectly hilarious entry to the New York Times best-selling series.
The early chapter book series The Princess in Black likely needs no introduction. Its one of the most popular chapter book series, and if you havent read them yet, I cant recommend them highly enough. Theyre perfect for burgeoning readers, with lots of illustrations and great line spacing between words and lines. The eleventh book in the series centers an ornery cat who will make life as difficult as possible for Princess Magnolia. But also, maybe shes the perfect partner for The Princess in Black. As the two learn more about each other, a bored monster stacks goats and harasses the Goat Avenger. But maybe the monster holds the key to how to make the new kitty happy
Book Riot
Pham's colorful, cartoon art shines when portraying the mischievous kitty's defiant expressions as he wreaks havoc.
Booklist
Shannon Hale and Dean Hale are the award-winning husband-and-wife team behind the Princess in Black series, illustrated by LeUyen Pham. Shannon Hale is also the author of the Newbery Honor Book Princess Academy as well as the New York Times best-selling graphic novels Real Friends, Best Friends, and Friends Forever, illustrated by LeUyen Pham. Shannon Hale and Dean Hale live in Salt Lake City, Utah.
LeUyen Pham is the illustrator of the Princess in Black series as well as many other books for children, including Love Is Powerful by Heather Dean Brewer, Pat-a-Cake by Mary Brigid Barrett, Gods Dream by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Douglas Carlton Abrams, Aunt Marys Rose by Douglas Wood, and Real Friends, Best Friends, and Friends Forever by Shannon Hale. LeUyen Pham lives in California.