Princess Sophia and the Sparkling Surprise
by Vivian French
Grades 1-3; Genre - Fantasy; AR pts: 1.0
The girls of the Princess Academy are to spend a day in the sewing room with the Grand High Duchess Delia. Sophia makes a mistake and lashes out at Perfecta who is not being very kind. Sophia realizes she hasn't behaved like a perfect princess and does what she can to fix the situation.
Comprehension Questions
Chapter 1
- Who are the princesses going to spend the day with? Grand High Duchess Delia in the sewing room p. 5
- How does Perfecta feel about sewing? its for servants to do p. 6
- How does Alice feel about sewing? she thinks its fun p. 9
Chapter 2
- How should a Perfect Princess behave? kind and truthful, taking care of other people, thinking about other people before yourself p. 15
- How did Perfecta feel when Sophia called her stupid in front of the other princesses? angry p. 20
- How did Sophia feel when she thought everyone was whispering about her fight with Perfecta? uncomfortable, she wanted to burst into tears p. 24
Chapter 3
- What were the girls going to be making? ballgowns p. 28
- How did Sophia feel about treating Perfecta so badly? like a failure, bad p. 34
- How did Fairy G. help the girls make their dresses? she used magic p.36
Chapter 4
- How did Duchess Delia feel about Perfecta? that she was wonderful p. 41
- How was Perfecta behaving? perfect, kind, sweet, thoughtful p. 44
- What was the big surprise? a skating party p. 48
Chapter 5
- How did Sophia want to surprise Perfecta? giving her the roses and making changes to her dress so that it was more beautiful p. 50
- Why did Perfecta put ink stains on everyone's dress? to make everyone hate Sophia p.60
- How did Fairy G. get the stains off? magic p. 62
Chapter 6
- Why did Queen Gloriana award Sophia? for behaving like a princess should; apologizing to Perfecta by giving her back the roses and making her dress more beautiful p. 66
- What did she award her with? 50 tiara points p. 68
- Did Perfecta and Floreen get to go to the skating party? no p. 66