King & Princess is my story of a 50-year-old king whose wife has died unexpectedly leaving him sad and lonely in his big empty castle. When he sees the beautiful 10-year-old daughter of the king next door at a ball, he arranges for her to become his bride. The next year they have a baby and the king isn't sad anymore and they all live happily ever after.

Queen & Rex is a touching story of a queen who befriends a stray puppy she finds in the castle garden. She names him Rex. They take long walks together and the queen enjoys telling all of her problems to Rex because he listens without criticizing her. She divorces her evil husband, the king, and announces her intent to marry Rex. When the local priest objects she has him beheaded. The queen and Rex live happily ever after.

Queen & Queen tells the story of two widowed queens whose husbands have killed each other in battle. The two become close friends and eventually merge their kingdoms and marry. The story turns suspenseful as the first queen discovers the second is really a man dressed as a woman, but this only emboldens her to reveal that she, too, is a man! They kiss, and live happily ever after.

King & Queen & Princess & Princess & Princess & More Princesses! is the enchanting story of a powerful king who has not just one wife, but many. Twice each year he hosts a party and invites all the young unmarried women to attend. From the attendees he chooses one or two of the loveliest girls to marry. The tension in the story surrounds his discovery that his kingdom is running short on new brides. He decides to banish all the young boys, leaving more brides for him! When all the women of the kingdom are married, he becomes worried, but then enacts a royal law that he can marry his own daughters. With an endless supply of brides, they all live happily ever after. (Based on a true story!)

Of course none of these stories are about sex. They're just about families. They help kids learn to accept people whose families are different from their own. If a child is from a traditional heterosexual family, Queen & Queen teaches her not to be a homophobic bigot. If the child is from a homosexual family, Queen & Rex teaches him not to immitate the speciest hatred of his two daddies. King & Princess (and its soon-to-be-released sequel, King & Prince) teach children that they're never too young to fall in love and live happily ever after, despite the ignorant example of their ageist parents. Finally, King & Queen & Princess & Princess & Princess & More Princesses! helps kids with only two parents that love is big enough to be shared among lots of mommies and daddies in a family.

These stories are sure to become classics. Imagine your children being fondled -- or wait... I mean cuddled -- on grampa's knee as he reads to them the timeless story of young love in King & Princess. And who could pass up the Kodak moment when uncle Joe puts on his wife's best party dress and tells all the nieces and nephews the story of Queen & Queen. These are the kinds of family memories we'll all treasure happily ever after.