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In Florence Parry Heide and Loren Long's new book Princess Hyacinth (The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated), dragons and other medieval threats aren't the problem faced by a young princess. Instead, she and her concerned parents wrestle with her charming, magical bouyancy. The fable that unfolds lifts off joyfully as Princess Hyancith literally rises above her family's fears.
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