about the book
Rejected by their princesses (Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White, and Rapunzel), four princes must set out on quests to impress their ladies with their bravery and knightly skills.
In their travels, each of them discovers an evil plot that will destroy his kingdom. The problem is that the bards who spread the news through their songs throughout the kingdoms often leave out important details—such as the prince’s names and heroic deeds. So all four princes (Prince Liam, Prince Frederick, Prince Duncan, and Prince Gustav) are called “Prince Charming,” and not one of them gets credit for their daunting feats against trolls, bandits, dragons, witches and other evil beings.
The other problem is that the princesses are all very brave and clever themselves; they don’t think they require the lackluster abilities of the princes to save their kingdoms.
Will these four princes manage to sharpen their wits and hone their fighting skills enough to save their kingdoms and become real heroes?
about the author
When he was just a baby, Christopher Healy chewed on the pages of his first book, living with his parents in New York City. It was only a short time after that that Chris figured out the squiggly lines on the page actually had meaning, and from then on he decided to find out what that meaning was. A reader was born!
Even at a young age, Chris knew he would become a writer. He began by writing down Tables of Contents—just the chapter names—which was not actual writing, but if they had ever been turned into books they might have been good reads. Who knows? Chris did not get to be a writer right away, as is often the case with writers—he first was a cashier, then a haunted house zombie person, a toy store shelf-stocker, an actor, and a spell-checker.
His first published piece of writing was a review for a video game. It was his first step to a larger world! After this he wrote in magazines, website articles, and some newspapers. Then he got married, and then he had children. Chris’s children changed things for him. Now he wanted to write about them, and in so doing his first book, Pop Culture came out—which is a pun on the word “pop” meaning dad.
This was a book about his kids, but what about a book for his kids? Yes, something for his kids! This is the origin of Chris’s The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom.
Source:
Author website
Also by Christopher Healy:
The Hero’s Guide to Being an Outlaw (Hero’s Guide, Book 3). Walden Pond Press. 2014.
The Hero’s Guide to Storming the Castle (Hero’s Guide, Book 2). Walden Pond Press. 2013.
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