Once she could speak, she made up stories and bribed younger siblings to perform them in mini-plays until, thankfully, an elementary school teacher introduced her to the wonder of written fiction. ” Shannon’s mother says she was a storyteller from birth, jabbering endlessly in nonsensical baby-talk. Shannon Hale has a gift for spinning stories and has become one of my very favorite authors. They are full of fairy tale themes and laughs a plenty. The Books Of Bayern take us through the journey of peasant to princess and into the forest where the commoners of the kingdom live. I first picked up The Goose Girl about a year ago at our local library and haven’t put down her writing ever since. Today’s Mom’s Monday book choice is a series by Utah author Shannon Hale. She begins to see that she must make a choice and soon, before that choice is made for her, but just what should she choose? But Miri is confused, she is unsure whether she should help in the fight for the common man with Timon, or learn all she can and go back to her life in Mount Eskel with her love Peder. She makes some new friends, including a boy named Timon, these friends seem to want to make things better for the common man, and they would really like Miri to join them. As she attends school, Miri begins to notice the chasm between the royals and the common people that they rule.

Miri is also to attend school, something she’s yearned to do for a long time. Miri is soon summoned to the capital city to help her best friend and Princess to be, Britta, with the wedding preparations. She thought that things would have changed when the price of linder had been made more fair, but life has gone on as normal for the people in Mount Eskel. Cathy’s review: Miri is back to living her regular, old, boring life after the Princess Academy.

Picking Dandelions by Sarah Cunningham