The Queen of Style
Caralyn Buehner, Mark Buehner
Hardcover
(Dial, Sept. 18, 2008)
Queen Sophie rules a small, happy kingdom of farmers, but she herself isnt happy. Nobody ever comes to her with a problem, and she is bored to tears . . . until she spots an ad for the Royal College of Beauty correspondence course. Soon she is memorizing directions and practicing her lessons in a frenzy. She starts writing proclamations, demanding that her subjects come to the castle so that she can cut and curl and color their hair. Even the sheep must be coiffed. Its not long before Sophie finds herself facing an angrythough very stylish!mob. A playful, funny fairy tale with a decidedly contemporary sensibility, The Queen of Style has all the vibrancy and wit weve come to expect from this husband-and-wife team, the creators of the New York Times bestselling Snowmen at Night.