They have all imaginative jobs description like book sniffer, plant lotioner, etc. Our little queen goes around her world and meets a lot of different people, all of them using “she” pronouns. It is not the same thing, but I think the nice fuzzy feelings you might have felt reading one might resemble the ones you’ll feel reading the other. To people who deeply love The Little Prince, (I know there are a lot of you 😉 ), I would very much recommend to give The Little Queen a chance. The Little Queen almost feels like a reaction to The Little Prince, because in here there are only female characters, contrary to The Little Prince (still a very nice book) crowded with men, and talking animals/plants/objects, but no women. I thought I should give credit where it’s due since I would never have been aware of this lovely tale without it. It was first brought to my attention thanks to the tweet linked below.

That is a book that I wish I could gift to a ton of people, the kind of book that could make almost everybody smile.

What a wonderful story I was lucky to read early. “On a little world, upon a little hill, a little tear fell down a little face. Some things might change in the final copy. The Little Queen is a magical exploration of self-discovery, vocation, community, and home.Ī review copy (eARC) of this book was provided by the publisher through Netgalley.

Along the way, the little queen finds friendship, love, and meaning in being a leader in her world. The little queen soon encounters numerous folks who teach her a thing or two: the book sniffer, the dream writer, and the architect of silence are just a few. And so she begins her adventures, journeying away from her palace and into the world to determine how she should go about going on. When her mother and father pass away, the little queen must figure out how to be a little queen. The Little Queen, by Meia Geddes and Sara Zieve Miller (Illustrator)

The Little Queen by Meia Geddes