“Protect this tree.
Let no ax chop it.
Should trouble come,
Let my spell stop it.
Through happy times
Or stormy weather,
Let nymph and tree
forever be . . .
together.”
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JOAN HOLUB has authored and/or illustrated over 140 children’s books, including the New York Times bestselling picture book Mighty Dads (illustrated by James Dean) and Little Red Writing (illustrated by Melissa Sweet). She lives in North Carolina and at www.joanholub.com.
SUZANNE WILLIAMS is the author of over fifty books for children, including the award-winning picture book Library Lil (illustrated by Steven Kellogg). She lives outside Seattle, Washington, and is online at www.suzanne-williams.com.
Together, Joan and Suzanne write the Goddess Girls, Heroes in Training, and Grimmtastic Girls series.
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READ ALL THE BOOKS IN THE GODDESS GIRLS SERIES
ATHENA THE BRAIN
PERSEPHONE THE PHONY
APHRODITE THE BEAUTY
ARTEMIS THE BRAVE
ATHENA THE WISE
APHRODITE THE DIVA
ARTEMIS THE LOYAL
MEDUSA THE MEAN
GODDESS GIRLS SUPER SPECIAL: THE GIRL GAMES
PANDORA THE CURIOUS
PHEME THE GOSSIP
PERSEPHONE THE DARING
CASSANDRA THE LUCKY
ATHENA THE PROUD
APHRODITE THE FAIR
MEDUSA THE RICH
AMPHITRITE THE BUBBLY
HESTIA THE INVISIBLE
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CALLIOPE THE MUSE
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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First Aladdin hardcover edition April 2016
Text copyright © 2016 by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams
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Library of Congress Control Number 2016932603
ISBN 978-1-4814-5002-7 (hc)
ISBN 978-1-4814-5001-0 (pbk)
ISBN 978-1-4814-5003-4 (eBook)