![]() ![]() Nevertheless, her trip is valuable, because she’s “learning the language of her world.” In her travels, the queen and the editor of the Digital Dictionary of Sounds, who’s “famous for her very large ears,” fall in love, but the queen still wants to keep exploring. She goes on a journey to see if anyone wants to change places with her she meets a succession of women with curious professions, including a “book sniffer,” an “architect of solitude,” and a “foreshadowing artist.” (No men, apart from the queen’s father, appear in the book.) The little monarch is interested by each possibility, but after learning more about the jobs, she realizes that she lacks the training, patience, and dedication for any of them. ![]() The queen’s mother and father have died, leaving her all alone in the world. "After her parents die, a young queen ventures forth to learn more about the world and its people in this children’s novella. ![]()
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