The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party
Author: Shannon Hale
Author: Dean Hale
Illustrator: LeUyen Pham
Book 2 in the Princess in Black series
Pages: 96
Published: 2015
Age: 5+
Inconvenient monster alarms, a sparkly array of princess guests, and spot-on slapstick pacing make for a party readers will celebrate.
Today is Princess Magnolia's birthday party, and she wants everything to be perfect. But just as her guests are arriving... Brring! Brring! The monster alarm!
Princess Magnolia runs to the broom closet, ditches her frilly clothes, and becomes the Princess in Black! She rushes to the goat pasture, defeats the monster, and returns to the castle before her guests discover her secret. But every time Princess Magnolia is about to open her presents, the monster alarm rings again. And every time she rushes back – an inside-out dress here, a missing shoe there – it gets harder to keep the other princesses from being suspicious. Don’t those monsters understand that now is not a good time for an attack?
About the Princess in Black Series
Books in series order
- 1.The Princess in Black(2014)
- 2.The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party(2015)
- 3.The Princess in Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde(2016)
- 4.The Princess in Black Takes a Vacation(2016)
- 5.The Princess in Black and the Mysterious Playdate(2017)
- 6.The Princess in Black and the Science Fair Scare(2018)
- 7.The Princess in Black and the Bathtime Battle(2019)
- 8.The Princess in Black and the Giant Problem(2020)
- 9.The Princess in Black and the Mermaid Princess(2022)
- 10.The Princess in Black and the Prince in Pink(2023)
- 11.The Princess in Black and the Kitty Catastrophe(2024)
- 12.The Princess in Black and the Trick-or-Treating Trouble(2026)
Reading age: 5+ years
Who says princesses don't wear black? When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia ditches her flouncy dresses and becomes the Princess in Black!
Princess Magnolia is having hot chocolate and scones with Duchess Wigtower when... Brring! Brring! The monster alarm!
A big blue monster is threatening the goats! Stopping monsters is no job for dainty Princess Magnolia. But luckily Princess Magnolia has a secret she s also the Princess in Black, and stopping monsters is the perfect job for "her"! Can the princess sneak away, transform into her alter ego, and defeat the monster before the nosy duchess discovers her secret?
From award-winning writing team of Shannon and Dean Hale and illustrator LeUyen Pham, here is the first in a humorous and action-packed chapter book series for young readers who like their princesses not only prim and perfect, but also dressed in black.

