Prancing Around With Sleeping Beauty (Storybook Valley, #2)

by Stacy Juba

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I love author Stacy Juba’s sense of humor! I chuckled, giggled and may have even snorted through Prancing Around with Sleeping Beauty. The story abounds with quirky characters such as Rory’s grandfather who has an obsession with gnomes, her grandmother who loves to play the fairy godmother and give princess deportment lessons, and her friend the costume mistress who dresses up as Red Riding Hood and wanders around the park just for fun to name just a few.

The story starts with a romantic airplane proposal “Marry me Rory”, which ends up not being a proposal from her boyfriend or for her. Oops! And then things just go downhill in that relationship from there.

Rory’s full name is Aurora Rose Callahan. She is named after none other than Sleeping Beauty, and her family loves to shower her with rose-themed gifts in honor of her middle name. The only problem is that she hates roses. But can’t tell them for fear of hurting their feelings. Which pretty much sums up her character. A people-pleaser who adores her family, she is in a tough spot.

There is such amazing detail in the story about Storybook Valley, the theme park owned by her family. Details about the various rides, the layout of the park, how the rides operate, how fast they run. Seriously, I read things like this and am so amazed at the author’s ability to fully create a world like this. Be sure to return to the blog on March 10, when author Stacy Juba will be a guest here to tell us all about this fun amusement park.

In addition to this, there are also incredible details about Duke’s Animal World. Information about how they care for the animals in captivity using injection training. And how to provide medical care for a giraffe without using general anesthesia which could cause it to fall and break its neck. I won’t go into detail here because I know you will want to read this yourself.

Oh, though this story does stand by itself before you read it you’ll want to pick up a copy of Fooling Around with Cinderella and read it to enhance the experience!