The Story of Princess Olivia

Charles Egbert’s beautifully written and delightful comic fable. Princess Olivia has all the qualities of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland mixed with the rumbustious humor of William Steig’s Shrek!  Written for children of all ages, for adepts of irony and slapstick, for aficionados of black humor, for sticklers for good form, for those who like magic and want all wishes to come true and for lovers of good prose, Princess Olivia is a tale of terrible things that happen as things go from bad to worse and well, just get better and end happily ever after. Exquisitely illustrated by Kathie Kelleher with drawings that match the humor and delight of the story this book will enchant everyone from excited young readers to grumpy old story tellers.

Charles Egbert of Quechee, VT Charles F.D. Egbert read classic children's stories to his three sons and created stories filled with wild adventures, high wire acts, arctic hunting expeditions and even a talking horse. He met the 'real' Olivia at a Vermont farmer's market. She was an imaginative child, eight years old, brave as a bear and a world class hoola-hooper. Mr. Egbert is the author of a dozen plays and a novel for adults entitled A Question of Survival. He lives with his wife Carol, also an author,in Quechee, VT.