Becoming Cleo at the Renaissance Faire

By Sue Hirsch

Join Cleo and her brother James for an action packed day at the Renaissance Faire. Read along as they try their hand at a game of Twizzle Bop, joke around with a juggler, observe a live joust, and even meet the Queen. But that's not all! in this installment of the Becoming Cleo series you'll learn the lingo of a bygone era while answering the all-important question: Are Scotch Eggs scrambled in butterscotch? All this and more awaits you...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sterncastle Publishing
• Release date: Feb 3, 2023
• ISBN: 9781960120014

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022951951

Acknowledgements

First and foremost, I want to thank my original illustrators Caitlin Howard, Caitlin Cutler, Kylie Daniel, Jacob Mutshler, and Corbin Giubbini for the concept artwork which brought Cleo’s adventures to life, and inspired the artwork now included in the books.

Thank you also to all who helped me get Cleo in shape to submit for publishing consideration: My mother Judy Shaw who edited, Matt Owen who helped with formatting and my husband Marty who got it all polished up for submission.

Children, always remember that your contributions MATTER. No matter how small you think they are, they MATTER. Now on to the adventures of Cleo…

Contents

Title Page

Copyrights

Acknowledgements

Chapter One: Cleo and James

Chapter Two: The Queen’s Procession

Chapter Three: Cleo Sees a Joust

Chapter Four: Cleo Gets Lost

Chapter Five: Cleo Gets a Hat

Chapter Six: Cleo Makes a Pouch

Chapter Seven: Cleo Learns to Spin

Chapter Eight: Cleo at Children’s Court

Chapter Nine: Cleo Hits the Mark and Meets the Queen

Chapter Ten: Cleo Tastes a Crepe and Learns New Words

Chapter Eleven: Cleo Washes a Hawk

Chapter Twelve: Cleo Sees a Show

Chapter Thirteen: What’s In a Hat

About the Author

Chapter 1 Cover

Chapter One: Cleo and James

Cleo rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and tried to think. Something important was happening today. If she could only remember. She scrunched up her face and thought. She yawned and stretched, then she heard James downstairs. Now she remembered!

She raced for the stairs taking them two at once and skidding into the kitchen in time to see James bringing the pancakes to the table. Today was special. She was finally nine years old. James had promised all year that when she turned nine, he’d take her to a fair.

Come and eat, he said. We have to get ready. There’s a lot of neat stuff to see at a Renaissance Faire and some of it only happens in the morning.

Renaissance Faire? What is a Renaissance Faire? Cleo wondered.

She stood still and waited for him to tell her more, but he just gave her a sly grin. Ha! You want to know more, but I’m not going to tell you. I want it to be a surprise. Eat your pancakes, and get dressed.

James knew that Cleo wouldn’t ask questions. She was a little