Fun Times With: Perseverance / Loyalty / Goal Setting
Reading level: Grades 1-4

The Great Royal Race
Carl Sommer, Dick Westbrook (Illustrator)

  Hardcover: ISBN:1-57537-008-5; Dimensions:  6.75" x 9.25"  $9.95
  Library Edition: ISBN: 1-57537-054-9; Dimensions  8.25" x 11.25"  $16.95
  CD Read-Along & Hardcover ISBN 1-57537-508-7  $16.95
  CD Read-Along & Library Ed. ISBN 1-57537-708-X  $23.95
 

Book Summary

    A tale of fame, fortune, and true love.  Three handsome suitors compete for the hand of the beautiful princess, but only one chooses wisely.  He perseveres and passes the royal test.
    It was time for the beautiful princess Elizabeth to be married.  Charming Simon and the strong, handsome Thomas came to ask her hand in marriage.  And then there was John, the handsome but not-so-flashy commoner whom Elizabeth had first noticed helping an old man get his wagon out of a muddy ditch.
    Not sure about the true character of her three suitors, Elizabeth had them run a race to reveal what they were really like in difficult situations.  Tempted by distractions planted by the wise king, two of the three runners failed to keep their eyes on their goal.  But the commoner John stayed focused on the beautiful princess—he passed the test of the Great Royal Race.
    This inspiring story by Sommer shows how goal setting, perseverance, and loyalty will bring success.