Cimorene is everything a princess is not supposed to be: headstrong, tomboyish, smart - and bored. So bored that she runs away to live with a dragon - and finds the family and excitement she's been looking for. Cover illustrator: Peter de Sève

Kidnap a dragon? How daring! How stupid Cimorene, the princess who refuses to be proper, is back—but where is Kazul the dragon? That's what Cimorene is determined to find out. Luckily—or perhaps not-so-luckily—she's got help: Mendenbar, the not-very-kingly King of the Enchanted Forest, has joined her in her quest. So with the aid of a broken-down magic carpet, a leaky magical sword, and a few buckets of soapy lemon water, they set off across the Enchanted Forest to tackle the dragon-napping and save the King of the Dragons.

A Princess' work is never done—not even when she becomes a queen! Princess Cimorene is now Queen Cimorene ... and she's faced with her first queenly crisis—the Enchanted Forest is threatened with complete destruction! Those wizards are back—and they've become very smart. (Sort of.) They've figured out a way to take over the forest once and for all ... and what they have planned isn't pretty. With a little help from Kazul the dragon king, Morwen the witch, Telemain the magician, two cats, and a blue, flying donkey-rabbit named—what else? — Killer, Cimorene might just be able to stop them. And some people think that being a queen is easy.

Always be polite to dragons! That's what Daystar's mother taught him...and it's a very wise lesson—one that might just help him after his mom hands him a magic sword and kicks him out of the house. Especially because his house sits on the edge of the Enchanted Forest and his mother is Queen Cimorene. But the tricky part is figuring out what he's supposed to do with the magic sword. Where is he supposed to go? And why does everyone he meets seem to know who he is? It's going to take a particularly hotheaded fire-witch, a very verbose lizard, and a badly behaved baby dragon to help him figure it all out. And those good manners certainly won't hurt!

Collected together for the first time are Patricia C. Wrede's hilarious adventure stories about Cimorene, the princess who refuses to be proper. Every one of Cimorene's adventures is included in its paperback edition—Dealing with Dragons, Searching for Dragons, Calling on Dragons, and Talking to Dragons—in one handsome package that's perfect for gift giving.