num_pages: 48
description: Bestselling Caldecott Honor artist Lane Smith and legendary author Florence Parry Heide have teamed up to create an unforgettable princess sure to charm and delight young readers.Princess Hyacinth has a she floats. And so the king and queen have pebbles sewn into the tops of her socks and force her to wear a crown encrusted with the heaviest jewels in the kingdom to keep her earthbound. But one day Hyacinth comes across a balloon man and decides to take off all her princess clothes grab a balloon and float free. Hooray! Alas when the balloon man lets go of the string . . . off she goes. Luckily there is a kite and a boy named Boy to save her.
language: English
title: Princess Hyacinth: The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated
publisher: Schwartz & Wade