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His royal highness, King Baby : a terrible true story / Sally Lloyd-Jones ; illustrated by David Roberts.

ISBN: 9780763697938 ;
ISBN: 0763697931
Physical Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick, [2017]

Lloyd-Jones, Sally, 1960- (author.).

Summary:

Once upon a time there was a happy family: A mom, a dad, a gerbil, and the most beautifulest, cleverest, ever so kindest Princess. . . . On one horrible day, a new ruler is born into the young princess's family -- a ruler she dubs His Royal Highness, King Baby. This small interloper is so smelly. He is so noisy. And all the talk in the Land is about him ("Such a nice burp!" "Oh, what a lovely poo-poo!"), nonstop, ALL THE TIME! Has there ever been such an era of wicked rule? With whimsy and sympathy, Sally Lloyd-Jones tells a satisfying tale of usurped attention -- and rapprochement -- that every big brother or sister will relate to, while illustrator David Roberts captures all the hilarious details of a child's active imagination.-- Provided by publisher.