Download or read book Princess Hyacinth (The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated) written by Florence Parry Heide and published by Dragonfly Books. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling Caldecott Honor artist Lane Smith and legendary author Florence Parry Heide have teamed up to create an unforgettable princess sure to charm and delight young readers. Princess Hyacinth has a problem: she floats. And so the king and queen have pebbles sewn into the tops of her socks, and force her to wear a crown encrusted with the heaviest jewels in the kingdom to keep her earthbound. But one day, Hyacinth comes across a balloon man and decides to take off all her princess clothes, grab a balloon, and float free. Hooray! Alas, when the balloon man lets go of the string . . . off she goes. Luckily, there is a kite and a boy named Boy to save her.