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Tea for Ruby

Tea for Ruby
Tea for Ruby
Illustrated by: Robin Preiss Glasser
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Ages: 4 - 8
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That Ruby! Wherever she goes, table cloths accidentally pull dishes to the floor, flowers get trampled and spaghetti somehow end up in her hair. You can't take Ruby anywhere! One sunny morning, the postman brings Ruby an amazing invitation to have tea with -- the Queen! Ruby had better polish her manners and quickly. Will Ruby really be ready in time?

Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, and Robin Preiss Glasser know a thing or two about the importance of manners and poise and being ladylike. In Tea For Ruby, they have created the irrepressible Ruby, whose antics and foibles with touch readers' hearts as she tries her very best to do things correctly. In the end, she knows she is loved for who she is, and that she will always be a princess, royal or not!

How did you come to write this book?


I was in New York City visiting family and preparing to attend the Quill Awards, a consumers choice book award program to promote literacy. At the last minute, I was invited to the Simon & Schuster offices to meet with Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, who was also in New York to discuss book projects. We had a wonderful chat, discussing a whole variety of story ideas, and the one that stood out was about manners and etiquette. The Duchess practices what she preaches, demonstrating great thoughtfulness that evening when, right before I headed out for the awards ceremony, she had a messenger deliver to me a beautiful eagle feather for good luck at the Quill Awards. And while I didn't win, the care, kindness, and good humor she demonstrated convinced me that we would work well together.

Learn more about Robin Preiss Glasser