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Book 2, Finalist in Reader’s Favorite Intl’ Book Awards

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Reader's Favorite FinalistWe are proud to announce the finalists in our 2014 Readers’ Favorite annual International Award Contest! This was no easy task as this year saw a record number of contestants, with categories having from several dozen to several hundred contestants depending on popularity. The order of the finalists displayed in each category is random and does not imply any form of ranking. More: https://readersfavorite.com/2014-finalists.htm

                                                                                                                                              My 2nd book in The Pen Pieyu Advenutres series, Sir Princess Petra’s Talent,
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Sir Princess Petra’s Talent – The Pen Pieyu Adventures Finalist in the 2014 Reader’s Favorite Intl’ Book Awards

is a finalist in 3 categories in the Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards.
Children’s Fantasy SiFi
Children’s Grade 3rd – 5th
Children’s Grade 4th – 6th
Synopsis:

Sir Princess Petra has already proven she is a kind and noble knight. This, however, does not please the king and queen—they want her to behave like a princess and forget this
silly knight nonsense of hers!
But when the king writes a new rule in the royal rule book that requires her to attend Talent School and acquire a princess talent certificate or suffer the spell of the royal magician, Petra, reluctantly, agrees to go. But who could have guessed what Sir Princess Petra’s Talent would be?
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Book one, Sir Princess Petra – The Pen Pieyu Adventures, won an Honorable Mention in the Grades K to 3rd category in the 2013 Reader’s Favorite Intl’ Book Awards.
Sir Princess Petra - The Pen Pieyu Adventures

Sir Princess Petra – The Pen Pieyu AdventuresBook one, Sir  Princess Petra — The Pen Pieyu Adventure won Honorable Mention in the Reader’s Favorite Intl’ Book Awards in 2013.

Synopsis: Princess Petra’s unusual birthday request sends the royal court into a frenzy, but when she agrees to undertake a knight’s quest they can’t stop her. Armed with a cake knife and outfitted in the best royal pots and pans, Petra sets off to face a dragon and win her real armor before encountering a bog witch, and an army of the kingdom’s worst enemies. Will Petra’s kindness and acceptance prove to be more valuable than weapons and armor?
Reviews for both of my dragon books for children listed here: http://www.dragonsbook.com/ReviewIndex.html
For some fun stuff for kids, fantasy kids books: http://www.dragonsbook.com/for-kids.html
For more information about my award-winning children’s books: http://www.dragonsbook.com/news-awards-contact.html

Dragon Books For Children – New Book Release

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Award winning author Diane Mae Robinson has announce the upcoming release of ‘Sir Princess Petra’s Talent’, the second book in ‘The Pen Pieyu Adventures’ series. Robinson received the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artists Award for Children’s Book Author and took 2nd Place in the Purple Dragonfly Book Awards for her first childrens book entitled ‘Sir Princess Petra’. 

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Award Winning Children’s Book Author Diane Mae Robinson To Release ‘Sir Princess Petra’s Talent’, Second In The Pen Pieyu Adventures Series

Robinson received the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artists Award for Children’s Book Author and took 2nd Place in the Purple Dragonfly Book Awards for the first book in the series ‘Sir Princess Petra’

[May 21 2013, St. Paul, Alberta, Canada] Award winning Canadian author Diane Robinson has announced the forthcoming release of ‘Sir Princess Petra’s Talent’, the second book in ‘The Pen Pieyu Adventures’ series.Robinson was honored with two major awards for the first work in the children’s book series, ‘Sir Princess Petra’. She was awarded the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artists Award for Children’s Book Author and took 2nd place in the Purple Dragonfly Book awards for Children’s Chapter Book. ‘Sir Princess Petra’ features surprising plot twists and turns, brilliant flashes of humor, zany characters and is rooted in timeless values that shine through the charismatic main character. It is written in the tradition of C. S. Lewis and is reminiscent of ‘Shrek’. Reviewers have labeled the award winning book a ‘fantasy adventure that is sure to become a timeless classic.’In the story line of the first book, Princess Petra’s unusual birthday request to become a royal knight sends the royal court into a frenzy. Armed with a cake knife and a suit of the best royal pots and pans, Petra chooses to hush the howling dragon, Snarls, in the Forest of Doom and win her real armour. In ‘Sir Princess Petra’s Talent’, the king and queen want Petra to give up the silly knight nonsense and act like a princess. But when the king writes a new rule in the royal rulebook that requires her to attend Talent School and acquire a princess talent certificate or suffer the spell of the royal magician, Petra, reluctantly, agrees to go. But who could have guessed what Sir Princess Petra’s talent would be?

In a recent pre-publication review, award winning author Renee Hand stated, “This is a delightfully humorous and imaginative tale that children of all ages will not only enjoy, but will be one of their favorites for years to come.”

“I’m very excited,” Robinson stated, ‘about the forthcoming release of ‘Sir Princess Petra’s Talent – The Pen Pieyu Adventures’. Book two introduces more quirky characters encountering humorous situations in their zany adventures within nine chapters.”

While dragon books are one of the most popular segments of fantasy fiction and children’s books in today’s marketplace, in these fantasy fiction books, Robinson uses the dragon books concept as the background to teaching young people traditional values. Ms. Robinson’s highly praised work demonstrates that dragon books can be something much more than dragon books.

Diane Mae Robinson is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at robinsond@mscnet.ca. More information, including reviews, information for teachers and librarians and a special children’s section is available at her website. “Sir Princess Petra’s Talent’ is in prepublication and is slated for a Summer 2013 pre-release, while ‘Sir Princess Petra’ is currently available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Tate Publishing.

About Diane Mae Robinson:

Diane Mae Robinson has a journalism diploma from the Schools of Montreal, and an advanced diploma from the Institute of Children’s Literature in Connecticut.  She is also an artist, and teaches acrylic and watercolor art to children. She lives with her husband, Allen, in a small hilltop castle near St. Paul, Alberta.  They have four dogs and three horses, along with a forest inhabited by gnomes, fairies, a princess, and a dragon. This magical forest is where Diane creates her characters and gets the inspiration for her stories.

Contact:

Diane Mae Robinson
http://www.dragonsbook.com
robinsond@mcsnet.ca


 
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Dragon Books For Children

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Dragon Books For Children.  It’s a tough genre to write in. There are thousands of fantasy kids books that are also books with dragons in them.  Here is a list of some books with dragons that have a 5 star rating on Amazon.

I am a children’s book author and dragon book author, and I know well how fierce the competition is for good books fantasy. Fierce, like some dragons themselves.

My dragon books for children have a lovable and endearing dragon. It is the third one listed below. Sir Princess Petra, has won two major awards in children fantasy.

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin

A Practical Guide to Dragons (Practical Guides) Lisa Trumbauer

Sir Princess Petra (Pen Pieyu Adventures) Diane Mae Robinson

Fablehaven: The Complete Series Brandon Mull

How to Train Your Dragon: How to Ride a Dragon’s Storm Cressida Cowell

I hope you have a chance to check out these dragon books for children. 

Visit the Kids Page for the free download coloring book of Sir Princess Petra – The Pen Peiyu Adventures. Read more about Diane’s dragon books for children series: www.dragonbooks.com

Dragon Books for Children –The Mutiny of Characters.

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Dragon books for children usually have the best, and sometime unruly characters in their story.

Sir Princess Petra – The Pen Pieyu Adventures

Once a writer creates the characters of a story, though, and those characters become whole and rounded characters, those characters do get a life of their own. And once your characters have a life of their own, they can and will mutiny their writer. The nature of each character will then start the process of dictating the story—the next scene, the next mishap, the next adventure. It’s all part of writing fantasy kids books.

 While writing the second book in The Pen Pieyu Adventure (a fantasy kids book),  it felt like I, the writer, was kidnapped by my own characters. I say the characters did mutiny because just when I thought I knew where the story was going, the characters had other ideas.

As a writer, I have had to endure many strange notions. Having my characters mutiny—well, I just let them go ahead. I complied with the mutineers and let them tell the story. After all, their story is the real story. I just had to let my writer’s ego get out of their way.

Sir Princess Petra – The Pen Pieyu Adventures

Here are some of the character from book one that are still having adventures in book two.

Petra Longstride is the main character in this adventure kids books series. She is a nine year old princess who becomes a knight in book one.  She is kind-hearted, friendly, innocent, brave, loyal, and somewhat stubborn. She can be tough when need be, like when she has to defend her friends, or stick up for something noble. Petra lives in The Kingdom of Pen Pieyu.

Snarls is a dragon and a secondary character in this series. But he’s not your typical kind of dragon in adventure kids books.  He is also Petra’s royal steed and adventure companion after,  well,  after stuff that happened in book one. He protects Petra, and sometimes he needs his own protecting. Snarls is an endearing character in dragon books for children.

Petra’s parents, King Willy Longstride and Queen Mable Longstride, are a little stuffy and conventional. King Longstride makes up rules in the Royal Rule Book to try to get Petra to act like a princess. This, of course doesn’t work. Queen Longstride has a severe fainting problem, which Petra is always the cause of.

Prince Nastybun is a midget prince from The Kingdom of Mesoggie  He is the worst enemy of Pen Pieyu. He rules a puny army of scaredy-cat knights.

Bograt is a bog witch who tries to appear really mean and scary, until you mention that the King could make her wash and put on a frilly dress again, just for messing with someone on a mission. This apparently straightens her right up.

For more Book One character information:  http://www.dragonsbook.com/for-kids.html And on that page, scroll down and download the free coloring book.

Book two, Sir Princess Petra’s Talent, introduces some more zany characters to this adventure kids books series: Duce Crablips from the Kingdom of Crablips, King Asterman from The Land of Lost Donkeys, and the nearly illiterate Gautes from The Vast Wilderness.

So, here’s a hint to some of the adventures in book two.

King Longstride has written a new rule. The rule states that all Princess Knights (like there is more than one—silly king) must attend Talent School before the age of ten years and learn a skill suited for a princess. The Princess Knights must study under King Asterman and return with a princess certificate or else the royal magician will , , ,well, let’s not go there just yet.

Petra is not happy about attending Talent School. After all, she is a knight. She just wants to do knightly things, not any sissy, girly stuff like knitting or crocheting.

Well, at least Snarls will be by her side enduring the hardships of Talent School.  And once they finally get out of Talent School, more adventures  follow in The Vast Wilderness.

A few more hints of book two:

Someone else in book two becomes a knight.
Some others may or may not get spelled and be turned into something they weren’t before.
Petra does get a talent, but not one the king could foresee.
And what the heck is a Ganute, anyway?

Book two, Sir Princess Petra’s Talent – The Pen Pieyu Adventures, forthcoming, May, 2013.

Check out book one, Sir Princess Petra – The Pen Pieyu Adventures, in the categories of; good books fantasy and dragon books for kids.

Visit the Kids Page for a free download coloring book: http://www.dragonsbook.com

 


Another 5 Star Review For Sir Princess Petra

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Rating: 5.0 starsReviewed by Author Anna del C. Dye for Readers Favorite          “Sir Princess Petra” is a cute story for elementary school girls that will entertain them to no end. It is a well-presented and written book that will delight kids and their parents. “Sir Princess Petra” has nice drawings that will help your brain enjoy the tale more fully. I enjoyed the story and the fine work done by the author. This book is part of a new well-crafted series to collect and read with your children. Petra is a princess and her father is going to grant her a wish. She thinks and thinks until she finds her perfect desire. Petra would like to become a trusted and brave knight. Her parents try to persuade her to change her mind, but she does not. Even the book of rules can’t stop her from becoming the first princess knight in their kingdom. So, she goes on her quest alone, armed with a knife and a sack of onions. Her armor is made of pots and pans, because nothing in the royal armory fits her. Yet, she is brave and bold even after the hawks, bees, and dragons try to chase her back home. No, not even the crocodile can divert her from her path to knighthood.

The ‘Pen Pieyu Adventures’, of which “Sir Princess Petra” is one of the books, will provide hours of good, clean reading for your elementary school children. It is well-conceived and nicely written for their age level. I would recommend it for elementary school children, their teachers and parents alike. Well done.

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