For Biddle's Sake

A Children or Middle Grade Book by Gail Carson Levine

Book 5 of the Princess Tales Series

Subgenres:

Fairy Tale Retelling,
Humorous Fantasy,
Castle Setting

Published 2002

Length 112 pages

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Fairy tales with toad transformations and quirky magical mishaps
Siblings scheming for the throne with unexpected alliances
Retellings of rare German folklore with a playful twist

Publisher Description

There she was, chartreuse and warty and smiling at him. Such a nice smile. Something in his heart fluttered.

The young maiden, Parsley, will eat nothing but parsley, which in Snettering-on-Snoakes grows only in the fairy Bombina's garden. All is well -- until Bombina is released from the fairy queen's dungeon. Her crime? Failing to get along with humans. And turning them into toads!

Meanwhile, twin princes Randolph and Rudolph are causing trouble at Biddle Castle and pinning everything on their younger brother, Tansy. Prince Tansy cares about Biddle. Randolph and Rudolph don't. But one of the twins will be king, unless Prince Tansy accepts help from a green Biddlebum Toad!

A delightful retelling of the little-known German fairy tale "Puddocky," this fifth Princess Tale shows that nothing is quite as it seems and that anything is possible, with a dash of magic and a barrel of love.

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