In the first story, Princess Yona and her parents slowly adapt to a world in which people seem to think that royalty belongs only in books. In the second, Princess Emma is uninterested in whether a prince is rich or handsome but only if he can successfully scratch away the terribly itchy spot in the middle of her back.

"First published in France as Meme les princesses doivent aller a l'ecole, 1991, and Un jour mon prince grattera, 1992, by l'ecole de loisirs."--Title page verso.

Even princesses have to go to school -- Someday my prince will scratch.