Project Gutenberg 2007-11-05 Public domain in the USA. 976 Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 Boz Dickens, Charles John Huffam The Magic Fishbone A Holiday Romance from the Pen of Miss Alice Rainbird, Aged 7 E-text prepared by Anne Storer and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from digital material generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "The Magic Fishbone" by Charles Dickens is a children's tale presented as a whimsical story written during the late 19th century. This delightful narrative, which is part of a collection titled "Holiday Romance," encapsulates the adventures and challenges faced by a royal family, particularly focusing on the clever Princess Alicia. The story blends elements of fantasy and fairy tale, exploring themes of responsibility, family, and the balance between wishes and consequences. The plot revolves around Princess Alicia and her father, King Watkins the First, who faces financial woes. After receiving a magical fishbone from a fairy named Grandmarina, Princess Alicia learns that it can grant one wish if used at the right time. Throughout the story, she uses her intelligence and resourcefulness to care for her family while keeping the fishbone a secret. As troubles arise, such as her mother's illness and the chaos of looking after her many siblings, Alicia must navigate her responsibilities. Eventually, with love and wisdom, she uses the fishbone to bring prosperity back to the family, culminating in a joyful wedding feast and ensuring a happy future for herself and her prince, reinforcing the importance of kindness and community. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fairy tales Humorous stories Children's stories Princesses -- Fiction PZ Text Children's Picture Books Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Humour Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: British Literature 53598 2025-06-09T16:20:56.814544 text/html 52101 2007-11-05T18:05:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 891708 2021-01-03T03:52:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 818841 2025-06-09T16:21:02.323530 application/epub+zip 816954 2025-06-09T16:20:59.710558 application/epub+zip 87774 2025-06-09T16:20:58.450546 application/epub+zip 907964 2025-06-09T16:21:04.279500 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 898901 2025-06-09T16:21:01.555537 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 167794 2022-09-11T05:07:04.856453 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 43212 2025-06-09T16:20:56.351566 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 42916 2021-01-03T03:52:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 15832 2021-01-03T03:52:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 42923 2021-01-03T03:52:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15835 2021-01-03T03:52:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21776 2025-06-09T16:21:04.440503 application/rdf+xml 13656 2025-06-09T16:20:59.014598 image/jpeg 3664 2025-06-09T16:20:58.729543 image/jpeg 1284844 2025-06-09T16:20:56.866590 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia