title: Moldylocks and the Three Beards: A Branches Book (Princess Pink and the Land of Fake-Believe #1)
author: Noah Z. Jones
description: <DIV><B>Praise for<I> Moldylocks and the Three Beards</I>:</B><BR /><BR /><B>An Amazon Best Book of 2014 -- Ages 6-8<BR /> An Amazon Best Book of the Month, May 2014</B><BR /><BR /> * &quot;Jones takes &#39;The Three Bears&#39; for a dizzy spin in this laff-riot series opener.... Being cast against both genre type and publishers&#39; convention, Princess likes &#39;dirty sneakers, giant bugs, mud puddles, monster trucks, and cheesy pizza&#39; far more than fairies, princesses or anything pink, and she also (for a wonder) has dark skin in the cartoon illustrations.... Fledgling readers will agree with Princess&#39; bemused comment: &#39;This Land of Fake-Believe is crazy-cakes!&#39;&quot; -- <I>Kirkus Reviews</I>, starred review<BR /><BR /> &quot;The story...will have kids guffawing with the silly puns and cheering for the ingenious Princess Pink in this subverted version of the more traditional tale.&quot; -- <I>Bulletin of the Center for Children&#39;s Books</I><BR /><BR /><B>Praise for <I>Little Red Quacking Hood</I>:</B><BR /><BR /><B>An Amazon Best Book of the Month, September 2014</B></DIV>
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  Hearne and Delilah S. Dawson, Imprint, Del
  Rey](../images/9781524797812_title_page.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _The Princess Beard_ is a work of fiction. Names, places, and incidents either
  are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely
  coincidental.
  
  
  Copyright © 2019 by D. S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  Published in the United States by Del Rey, an imprint of Random House, a
  division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.
  
  
  Del Rey and the House colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random
  House LLC.
  
  
  Map by Kevin Hearne was originally published in _Kill the Farm Boy_ by D. S.
  Dawson