Hamster Princess: Of Mice and Magic

Written by Ursula Vernon

Narrated by Eva Kaminsky

Princess Harriet is nobody's hamster damsel in distress! Book two of this series for Babymouse and Princess in Black fans is filled with even more action and twisted fairy tale fun Princess Harriet has absolutely no interest in brushing her hair, singing duets with woodland animals, or any other typical princess activities. So when a fairy tells a very bored Harriet about twelve mice princesses who are cursed to dance all night long, she happily accepts the quest and sets off with a poncho of invisibility and her trusty battle quail. But when she arrives at the Mouse Kingdom, she discovers there's more to the curse than meets the eye, and trying to help is dangerous business . . . even for a tough princess like Harriet. From the creator of Dragonbreath, comes a laugh-out-loud funny new comic-hybrid series, bursting with girl power and furry fairy tale retellings.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Jun 10, 2016
• ISBN: 9781501926624

Ursula Vernon

URSULA VERNON is a freelance illustrator, artist, and, in her words, a "creator of weird thingies." Nurk is her first book for young readers. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Reviews for Hamster Princess

[jennybeast · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Harriet's adventures continue to be hilarious and empowering -- this time she takes on the 12 dancing princesses and their curse. The extra-organizational king and Molewitch are formidable foes, but Harriet discovers their weaknesses, and refuses to let other princesses be imprisoned by their fates.

[fred_mouse · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I loved this book just as much as I loved the first book in the series, and I don't think I've anything more to say here than I did in the first book about my love for this character, and for these stories. As in the first book, Vernon picks a reasonably well known fairy tale, and then completely re-imagines it. Looking forward to book 3 (and, apparently book 4. Here's hoping that there will be many more)

[bookbrig-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Just as much fun as the first book, and I can't wait for the next. These are the best!

[herenya_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Harriet is sent on a quest to help twelve mice princesses who are dancing their shoes off every night. I enjoyed this even more than Harriet the Invincible -- Harriet is practical, unsentimental and bit bossy, which is an asset when it comes to helping other princesses deal with magical curses. [...] and they were going through an immense amount of shoes. The royal shoemakers were summoned and threatened with terrible punishments for making substandard footwear, but the shoemakers had sterling reputations and produced several dozen professional ballerinas who testified at their trial that these were very fine shoes indeed. The fault did not lie in the shoes. And if the shoes were not at fault, that meant the princesses were dancing their shoes off every night.

[jjmcgaffey · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Fun! I do like Harriet. After she escaped her home at the end of the first book, she's dead bored - everyone's heard of her, and seems to be conspiring to keep her from having any adventures or fun (and she can't cliff-dive any more, since her curse is gone). She runs into an old fairy shrew, who gives her a quest (this is Harriet, so it's not quite that simple, but that's how it ends up) - the Twelve Dancing Princesses. Some lovely twists on the story, and a very Harriet solution to it all. And Harriet ends up with a reward that means a lot more to her than half a kingdom and a princess (what would she have done with a princess, after all?). Wilbur shows up again too, and is quite helpful. A great story. Are there more Harriets? I need to read all of Ursula Vernon/T. Kingfisher's stuff - they're all great!

[salsabrarian · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

An old shrew sends Hamster Princess Harriet on a quest to break the curse of the 12 dancing mice princesses. Turns out the princesses are compelled to dance all night every evening to keep mole witch Molezelda's powers in play. That, and Molezelda is determined they all marry her 12 mole sons. The mouse king gives Harriet three nights to figure out what is going on; if she does, she gets half the kingdom and one of the princesses in marriage. (Well, that's how fairy tales work.) Harriet, with cheer and gumption takes on the challenge. The wit and humor flies fast and furious ("You keep being so sharp, you're liable to cut yourself"); adults reading this aloud to their kids will get a kick out of it, too.