The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom

Written by

CHRISTOPHER HEALY

With drawings by

TODD HARRIS

DEDICATION

For Dashiell and Bryn, my heroes

TABLE OF CONTENTS

C
OVER

T
ITLE
P
AGE

D
EDICATION

M
AP OF THE
K
INGDOMS

P
ROLOGUE
:
Things You Don’t Know About Prince Charming

1.
Prince Charming Misplaces His Bride

2.
Prince Charming Defends Some Vegetables

3.
Prince Charming Claims He Is Not Afraid of Old Ladies

4.
Prince Charming Loses Some Fans

5.
Prince Charming Is the Worst Person in the World

6.
Prince Charming Has No Sense of Direction

7.
Prince Charming Has No Idea What’s Going On

8.
Prince Charming Is Afraid of the Dark

9.
Prince Charming Is a Wanted Man

10.
Prince Charming Annoys the King

11.
Prince Charming Takes a Dive

12.
Prince Charming Hugs Trees

13.
Prince Charming Is Completely Unnecessary

14.
Prince Charming Falls Flat

15.
Prince Charming Should Not Be Left Unsupervised

16.
Prince Charming Meets a Piece of Wood

17.
Prince Charming Still Has No Idea What’s Going On

18.
Prince Charming Gets Battered and Fried

19.
Prince Charming Needs a Bath

20.
Prince Charming Walks into a Bar

21.
Prince Charming Joins a Gang

22.
Prince Charming Is a Sneak

23.
Prince Charming Takes the Wrong Seat

24.
Prince Charming Hates Children

25.
Prince Charming Really Needs to Figure Out What’s Going On

26.
Prince Charming Gives Up

27.
Prince Charming Gets Good News and Bad News

28.
Prince Charming Is Doomed

29.
Prince Charming Does Exactly What He Said He’d Never Do

30.
Prince Charming Almost Saves the Day

31.
Prince Charming Gets Just What He Thinks He Wanted

E
PILOGUE
:
Prince Charming Goes Where Everybody Knows His Name

A
CKNOWLEDGMENTS

A
BOUT THE
A
UTHOR

C
REDITS

C
OPYRIGHT

A
BOUT THE
P
UBLISHER

MAP
OF THE
KINGDOMS