Changes in the 2020 Reprint

In 2020, the *Jewel Kingdom* series was reprinted with a number of changes. The new books are listed as entirely new rather than reprints due to the new content, but are mostly unchanged from the original run save for the new illustrations and text alterations to do with the character designs. So far, only the first four books have been reprinted in this manner.

## Changes to All Books

* Rather than use the original Neal McPheeters illustrations, new illustrations were commissioned from Sumiti Collina for both the covers and inside the books. The new art style is much more stylized and cartoonish, being the popular style for children's books of the 2010s and 20s as realistic paintings were for the 1980s and 90s. As well, there are more illustrations than the previous run had.
* The first print run includes prismatic stickers rather than costume jewelry. Each sheet includes colour renditions of the illustrations, the logo, and jewels.
* Rather than ***The** Jewel Kingdom*, the series is now simply called *Jewel Kingdom*.
* The Jewel Princesses were all given new character designs and the text changes to reflect that. While Emily barely changes save for having more hair volume and a slightly different dress with no corset, the other three were racebent; Roxanne appears Latin American, Sabrina is black and wears her hair in afro puffs, and Demetra appears to be Inuit with shorter hair. Their outfits and accessories also change.
* The illustrations depict all four Jewel Princesses' crowns with diamond-cut gems; however, the text continues to describe them with their original cuts (teardrop for Roxanne, oval for Sabrina, emerald cut for Emily, and round for Demetra).
* Twitter has been renamed to Pip, most likely because modern children would otherwise associate him with the social media network of the same name.
* Darklings are now called Dreadlings, and rather than being described as looking ugly and twisted, they look normal save for their eyes, described as "lifeless holes that (look) like shiny black stones."
* Multiple species names are no longer capitalized (e.g. Sprites to sprites, Storkz to storkz).
* The Jewel Princesses are now cousins, not sisters, and are the nieces of Queen Gemma (originally Jemma) and King Regal.
* The Dark Times are now called the Sad Times, and the Black Sea is now the Dismal Sea.
* The Jewel Princesses are no longer referred to as "my lady," but with the more accurate "your highness" ("my lady" would not be used for a princess in real life), "Princess," or by their names.
* The "About the Authors" section adds a mention that Jahnna N. Malcolm 's children are now "almost grown up," despite that both are already adults as of 2020, and replaces the mentions of the authors' dogs at the time, Ruby and Clarence, with their current dog, Archie.
* Very small changes are often made to the text, such as the addition of the Oxford serial comma, which was not used in the first print, or little alterations to lines (e.g. "I don't like this" to "I don't like this one bit" in *The Sapphire Princess Meets a Monster*, or "Good heavens" to "Yikes" in *The Emerald Princess Plays a Trick*).
* The map at the beginning of each book is much more detailed.

## Changes to Specific Books

### The Ruby Princess Runs Away

* Because the Jewel Princesses have been changed from sisters to cousins, a mention of their other cousins is changed to a group of metal-themed knights (Bronze, Silver, Iron, and an unknown fourth metal) who are not related to them.
* Demetra is described as nervously brushing her hair all morning rather than weaving ribbons through it, as her new character design has shorter hair.
* Mentions of the princesses' birth order and ages are removed, both their current ages and the fact that the trip they'd first taken to Gallivant's Cave happened when they were only babies. It doesn't appear that any of these ages were changed, however, and references to age in later books are kept.
* It is mentioned that the princesses' tiaras each have a jewel taken from the Great Jewelled Crown. Notably, the fact that whoever has the Great Jewelled Crown rules the Jewel Kingdom is omitted from the text.
* Armoral is renamed to Armstrong.
* The conversation about Roxanne's education replaces "how to bow and look very regal" with mentions that she's studied math, science, languages, and "the way the world works."
* A continuity error in the original chapter 6, where Roxanne claims that Hapgood (not Twitter) told her about the secret passage in the Mysterious Forest, is corrected.
* Rather than being shocked at Rudgrin's ugly true appearance, as the Dreadlings now just have scary eyes, the people are shocked at the fact that she doesn't look like Roxanne.

### The Sapphire Princess Meets a Monster

* Instead of fainting when she first sees Oona, Sabrina is just surprised and remains conscious. The entire beginning of chapter 2 is rewritten to accommodate this, and a later reference back to the faint in chapter 4 is removed.
* The rumours about Oona being a demon are changed to simply saying she might be an "evil creature," and references to her looking ugly are often changed to her looking scary and dangerous.
* Rather than wanting to kill the Blue Lake Monster, the mob at the palace simply wants to run her out of town.
* Sabrina has to go around the waterfall rather than swim under it, and the description of the state of her dress and hair clinging to her is changed to her sleeves being wet and her shoes being muddy.
* It is stated outright that Oona's friends didn't recognize her after she was transformed into a monster, whereas originally this was only strongly implied. At the same time, the statement that "We thought just because the golden picnic basket was beautiful, it was good. And we thought just because you (Oona) looked different from us, you were bad" is removed, likely to make it less didactic.

### The Emerald Princess Plays a Trick

* The Heart-o'-the-Wood is renamed to the Heart of the Wood.
* Some, but not all, instances of Emily talking to herself are changed to inner monologue.
* Notably, a mention of a Dreadling with bony, furry feet is still kept, despite the Dreadlings being described as looking normal elsewhere in the series. However, it's possible that this specific Dreadling is not a human, as fauns are mentioned in both versions of *The Ruby Princess Runs Away* and seem to fit this description.

### The Diamond Princess Saves the Day

* The Winterfest is renamed to simply Winterfest.
* In fitting with the descriptions for the Darklings changing, the fact that Lord Bleak was once handsome and turned ugly is removed, though the line that he's "awful to look at" stays.
* A typographical error referring to the White Winterland as the "White Wonderland" appears here, where it doesn't in the original print.

## Trivia

* This is not the first reprint where the cover illustrations depict a different gem cut than those described in the books. A later 1990s reprint did the same.