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The Three Royal Children and the Batty Aunt: The Three Royal Children Book 1: An Adventure Story for Bored Children Kindle Edition

by Angela Castillo (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 32 ratings
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Join three royal children as they embark on an adventure of a lifetime! Chapter book for ages 6 and up, second grade reading level.

Princess Celeste is bored to tears, and her brothers, Prince Jude and Prince Torrin, aren't doing much better.
In a palace where all they have to look forward to are endless games of croquet and barley-water soup for supper, they don't have much by way of excitement.
Until the one night, when Torrin sees a light in a forgotten tower of the palace, and they meet a wonderful and mysterious aunt and her talking bat. Together they explore a brand-new world of adventure they will never forget.

"This book was a wonderful read, so much fun, and the story included good lessons like manners and helping others." –Amazon Reviewer
"I recommend it to anyone who loved The Borrowers, Darby O'Gill and the Little People or The Secret World of Arrietty."–Amazon Reviewer
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    6 - 12 years
  2. Book 1 of 2
    The Three Royal Children
  3. Print length
    133 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    2 - 6
  6. Publication date
    November 10, 2018
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  9. Enhanced typesetting
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"I recommend it to anyone who loved The Borrowers, Darby O'Gill and the Little People or The Secret World of Arrietty."-Amazon Reviewer

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Angela Castillo has been writing stories since she created her first tale in green crayon at the age of 8. She's lived all over Central Texas but mostly hovers around the town of Bastrop, Texas, which she loves with an unnatural fierceness and features in many of her books. Angela has four wild children, a husband who studies astrophysics for fun, and a cat.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07J4L2PH8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (November 10, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 10, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2017 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 133 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 32 ratings

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Angela Castillo has been writing stories since she created her first tale in green crayon at the age of 8. She’s lived all over Central Texas but mostly hovers around the town of Bastrop, Texas, which loves with an unnatural fierceness and features in many of her books. Angela has four wild children, a husband who studies astrophysics for fun, and a cat.

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Anonymous
5.0 out of 5 stars Whimsical adventure for young readers
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2022
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This quick, whimsical read is suitable for young fantasy fans and features creatures fit for wonderland and a delightfully fun older aunt character!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Journey
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2020
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Three young royal children find a different world by going to a different tower in the castle and find a wonderful Aunt! A very enjoyable story!
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HLGStrider
4.0 out of 5 stars Over all a fun and playful book with a great take on siblings and realistic young characters.
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2020
Format: Audio

First off, I recently put down a different middle grade book because the character pretty much acted like a 30-year-old who happened to be short, so it was refreshing to read a book where kids behaved believably like kids. I think that was the strongest aspect, the dialogue and interaction between the kids.
Overall, this is a sweet adventure. Not what I would call particularly harrowing, which probably puts it on the younger end of middle grade. I'd say it would be ideal as a family read aloud (or listen to if, like me, you snag the audiobook) or for kids first through third grade, though there are enough fun aspects that older children might sneak in during story time but pretend not to listen.

The narration was good, clear and engaging. My one nitpick was that the children all had scratchy voices. It wasn't a terrible choice, but there were places it made especially older boy sound like a little old man and could've been toned down a bit.

The only other minor quibble I had was a tonal dissonance between some of the themes and the rest of the story. Overall things are played very cute-fairy tale with not a lot of real world consequences, but then the major conflict becomes about stopping a war which is at the same time treated with some of the cartoonish, "not so serious" handling (the way those who speak of it talk about it, it's more like a spat between playground rivals than something I'd associate with real war) but at the same time you get hints of very serious consequences that make it clear this is a real war where a whole nations might get wiped out--over essentially name calling. Not that war isn't a serious message that shouldn't be handled seriously, but the darkness of implied consequences meshed awkwardly with the playful handling of other aspects in one or two spots.

Over all a fun and playful book with a great take on siblings and realistic young characters.
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Amy Anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars Captivated my kids!
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2020
We just finished listening to this book. I didn't know my 3 boys (4, 6, 8) could even sit this still and quiet! they have loved every second of it as we have listened at bedtime for 6 days, each time begging for just a little bit more until I finally had to say time to sleep. They are already joking about barley water soup and imagining what could happen on the next adventure.

From a parent's perspective I enjoyed listening to the book too. I usually struggle with audio books that I have read the physical book before but I had no troubles with this story. It was narrated well. I also appreciated that it had many good lessons intertwined with the story so well that I don't think my kids even noticed they were learning how to behave and be kind to others as they listened to this adventure. 5 stars from us!
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Dr. Patricia Eroh
5.0 out of 5 stars So Much Fun!!
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2019
This book was a wonderful read, so much fun, and the story included good lessons like manners and helping others. A perfect middle school read that thee kids will really get into! I am very impressed by this author who has written several books targeted for this age group - all that I loved!

I received this book from the author and am voluntarily providing my honest review.
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Laura S Reading
5.0 out of 5 stars A royal adventure to be shared
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2018
This royal adventure is one to be shared with parents and children. It reminds me of favorite books from my own childhood. It has adventure, loyalty and speaks to friendship and problem solving.
I recommend it to anyone who loved The Borrowers, Darby O'Gill and the Little People or The Secret World of Arrietty.

Thank you to Booksprout for allowing me a copy for review.
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Whimsical Dragonette
4.0 out of 5 stars a fun adventure for children
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2019
This was a fun adventure for a trio of royal children stuck in a boring life... or so they think. I really enjoyed it and would definitely recommend it for children - I think I would have loved it when I was into Half Magic and similar books.

knocked a star off for the audiobook edition. The audiobook narration was sub-par; the narrator spoke far too slowly and Enunciated. Everything. Far. Too. Much. It was a bit painful to listen to at first. She also used very odd voices for some of the children, and southern accents for some of the Eep adults, which felt jarring in a fantasy story.

*I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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Deedra
4.0 out of 5 stars The Three Royal children and Aunt Batty
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2020
The first adventure was finding their aunt in a tower no one used,somehow she knew they would,she knew their names and ages too.Many more adventures await.Lisa Hicks was a fine narrator.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.' 
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BYTEME
5.0 out of 5 stars Royal Adventures
Reviewed in Canada on June 10, 2020
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Excellent story. Entertaining and educational.
A fun family time adventure that teaches the many aspects of life and working together.
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McKenzie
4.0 out of 5 stars Angela Castillo - The Three Children and the Batty Aunt.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 20, 2019
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Another lovely story from Angela Castillo. Would appeal to be both children and adults. Great story to read to little ones too. Well done again Angela. H.
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