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title: "The Princess and the Wizard"
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# Glitter accents on illustrations 25cm x 25cm large format Teaches colours, numbers & days The Princess and the Wizard

**Price:** ¥2881
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> ✨ Unlock magic, learning & sparkle in every page! ✨

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- **What is this?** The Princess and the Wizard
- **How much does it cost?** ¥2881 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Key Features

- • **From Beloved Creators:** By Julia Donaldson & Lydia Monks, the bestselling duo behind What the Ladybird Heard.
- • **Perfect Shared Reading:** Ideal bedtime story for ages 2-7, fostering bonding and early literacy skills.
- • **Sparkling Visual Delight:** Bright, distinctive illustrations enhanced with glitter highlights for that extra magical touch.
- • **Interactive Early Learning:** Engages kids with colours, animals, numbers, and days of the week woven into the story.
- • **Enchanting Rhyming Adventure:** Clever princess outwits a wicked wizard with magical shape-shifting challenges.

## Overview

The Princess and the Wizard is a 25cm square picture book featuring a clever princess who tries seven times to escape a wicked wizard by changing colour and shape. Written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Lydia Monks, it combines rhyming verses with bright, glitter-accented illustrations. This engaging story teaches children colours, numbers, animals, and days of the week, making it perfect for shared reading with kids aged 2-7. Highly rated and a bestseller in children's royalty and early learning categories.

## Description

Meet a clever princess in this magical adventure with a cosy ending, from the brilliant Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, creators of What the Ladybird Heard. With funny rhyming verse, bright and distinctive illustrations, The Princess and the Wizard is loved by children and parents alike – perfect for reading together! The princess may try seven times to escape By changing her colour and changing her shape. But each time Princess Eliza changes – into a blue fish, a yellow chick, a red fox or a black cat – the wicked wizard finds her and sets her another horrible task. Will this plucky princess be able to outwit him and escape back to the palace in time to cut her birthday cake? ‘A winner . . . colourful, and funny, with a cosy ending’ - The Bookseller Discover more picture books from Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks,the bestselling team behind the What the Ladybird Heard adventures: Sharing a Shell, The Singing Mermaid and Sugarlump and the Unicorn.

Review: The Princess may try seven times to escape.... - Just to clarify that my review is for The Princess and the Wizard as there seems to be quite a few reviews from Julia Donaldson's other books mixed together for some reason under this product page which at the time of writing my review was specifically only for The Princess and the Wizard book. We have the paperback version which is a good sized book measuring 25cm by 25cm. The book is not written in a rhyming style but does have small rhyming parts throughout. The book is about a Princess called Eliza and a wicked Wizard who turns up at her birthday party uninvited and turns her Mum, Dad and guests into stone. The Wizard captures Eliza but not before her Fairy Godmother turns up and declares that Eliza should have seven chances to escape "by changing her colour and changing her shape". The book then proceeds to describe each of the Princesses escape attempts such as her turning herself into a blue fish or an orange fox but somehow the Wizard finds her every time with the help of his magic spell book. So can Eliza outwit the Wizard and his magic book and escape back to her family?....... The illustrations are beautifully done with bright colourful pictures and each has glitter accents at certain parts such as Eliza's dress, tree branches or the Wizard's robe and hat. The story flows nicely and the repetition is great for little ones learning to read and recognise words. The book covers the days of the week, colours, animals and numbers and is one of the longer books by the author but still perfectly short enough for it to be read as a bedtime story. Another wonderful children's book suitable for younger children perhaps from between the ages of two and seven. My children love Julia Donaldson books and we have slowly been increasing our collection over the last few months. Both of my children love this book although my daughters favourite is still Sugarlump and the Unicorn and my son's favourite is still Room on the Broom . This is another one of the glitter books which include Sugarlump and the Unicorn , Princess Mirror-Belle and the Dragon Pox , The Rhyming Rabbit and The Singing Mermaid and so each page has glitter highlights on it which adds a lovely sparkly effect to the story.
Review: Lovely story as expected from Julia Donaldson - Great book for teaching days of the week to year 1 students

## Features

- New Store Stock

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 2,942 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 10 in Children's Books on Royalty 11 in Travel Fiction for Children 16 in Children's Early Learning Books on Colours |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,757 Reviews |

## Images

![The Princess and the Wizard - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91fMtYdEujL.jpg)

## Available Options

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Princess may try seven times to escape....
*by M***O on 3 April 2017*

Just to clarify that my review is for The Princess and the Wizard as there seems to be quite a few reviews from Julia Donaldson's other books mixed together for some reason under this product page which at the time of writing my review was specifically only for The Princess and the Wizard book. We have the paperback version which is a good sized book measuring 25cm by 25cm. The book is not written in a rhyming style but does have small rhyming parts throughout. The book is about a Princess called Eliza and a wicked Wizard who turns up at her birthday party uninvited and turns her Mum, Dad and guests into stone. The Wizard captures Eliza but not before her Fairy Godmother turns up and declares that Eliza should have seven chances to escape "by changing her colour and changing her shape". The book then proceeds to describe each of the Princesses escape attempts such as her turning herself into a blue fish or an orange fox but somehow the Wizard finds her every time with the help of his magic spell book. So can Eliza outwit the Wizard and his magic book and escape back to her family?....... The illustrations are beautifully done with bright colourful pictures and each has glitter accents at certain parts such as Eliza's dress, tree branches or the Wizard's robe and hat. The story flows nicely and the repetition is great for little ones learning to read and recognise words. The book covers the days of the week, colours, animals and numbers and is one of the longer books by the author but still perfectly short enough for it to be read as a bedtime story. Another wonderful children's book suitable for younger children perhaps from between the ages of two and seven. My children love Julia Donaldson books and we have slowly been increasing our collection over the last few months. Both of my children love this book although my daughters favourite is still Sugarlump and the Unicorn and my son's favourite is still Room on the Broom . This is another one of the glitter books which include Sugarlump and the Unicorn , Princess Mirror-Belle and the Dragon Pox , The Rhyming Rabbit and The Singing Mermaid and so each page has glitter highlights on it which adds a lovely sparkly effect to the story.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lovely story as expected from Julia Donaldson
*by M***O on 13 July 2026*

Great book for teaching days of the week to year 1 students

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nice story
*by A***N on 6 May 2026*

Lovely book

## Frequently Bought Together

- The Princess and the Wizard
- The Singing Mermaid
- Princess Mirror-Belle and the Dragon Pox

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*Last updated: 2026-09-22*