title: Once Upon a Time: 20 Bedtime Stories and Poems
author:  Pamela Prince 
description: Kindergarten-Grade 2-- Prince has used 20 of Jessie Wilcox Smith's sentimental paintings of children as an excuse to create 20 equally cloying stories and poems. The Victorian era lives in this book--little girls make apple pies and play with dolls; little boys rake leaves and build sandcastles. Stereotyped lines such as "golden fingers plucked each fairy from the water with a gentle touch, shook the jewelled drops from their hair" or " 'The colors are lovely!' said the girl when she opened the box. 'The yellow is like sunshine. The orange looks the same as my breakfast juice' " abound. A poem about a brother/sister relationship is equally syrupy: "David helped to comfort her/ With love and kindly words;/ and soon her spirits lifted/ Like the wings of flying birds." Real children belong to the world of Silverstein's "Sister for Sale." Real people, of any age, will run screaming for fresh air after reading this book. --Kathleen Whalin, Public Library of Columbus and Franklin County, Reynoldsburg, Ohio<br />Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: > > **THE VIRGIN'S PLAYBOY PRINCE**
  
  > > KIM LORAINE
  
  Copyright © 2018 by Kim Loraine
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or
  mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without
  written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in
  a book review.
  
  Edited by Wendy Kassler
  
  Proofread by Allison Literary Services
  
  ![](Images/image00051.jpeg)
  
  _Dear reader,_
  
   _I don’t know about you, but I followed the royal wedding like crazy. I love
  a good fairytale and nothing says Once Upon A Time better than a handsome
  prince._
  
   _I hope you love this swoony, steamy, and sweet series of novellas following
  the royal family of my fictional country, Corline._
  
   _Take a break, put your feet up, and let these royals give you the Happily
  Ever After you’ve been dreaming of._
  
   _xoxo,_
  
   _Kim_
  
  >  **CONTENTS**
  
  >  _Chapter 1_
  
  >  _Chapter 2_
  
  >  _Chapter 3_
  
  >  _Chapter 4_
  
  >  _Chapter 5_
  
  >  _Chapter