In a twist on the classic fairy tale, a princess in 15th-century Spain refused to wait to be rescued by a prince and instead chose one for herself. Even then, she would not marry him until they’d reached an agreement that was revolutionary for her time—their marriage was an equal partnership captured in the motto “To stand as high, as high to stand, Isabella and Ferdinand.” This book tells Isabella of Castile’s story with sections on the clothes she wore, the foods she ate, and why she is remembered today. Without her, both Spain and the United States would not exist in their current forms.

• ISBN: 9780984509843
• Author: Bridges, Shirin Yim
• Illustrator: Nguyen, Albert
• Published: 2010 , Goosebottom Books
• Themes: History, Politics And Government, Royalty
• Descriptors: Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Europe, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book, Spain
• No. of pages: 32