At long last, PRINCESS APRIL MORNING-GLORY emerges as a lost treasure from the golden age of Hollywood. Written and illustrated in the late 1930s by Letitia Fairbanks, the niece of silent film stars Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Mary Pickford, the seemingly traditional children’s book is transformed into a modern day fairy tale that is sure to  captivate child and adult readers alike. Letitia, who was born in 1913, spent much of her childhood through early adulthood at Pickfair, the legendary estate built by Fairbanks and Pickford, where she was surrounded by the luminaries of the time. When she started writing PRINCESS APRIL MORNING-GLORY in her twenties as a homage to her recently deceased uncle, Letitia derived inspiration for the illustrations from then-current Hollywood blockbuster films. Her portraiture was also likely inspired by a composite of that era’s celluloid legends. The book was first copyrighted in 1941 and has not seen the light of day since. Viewed as unconventional when it first debuted in 1941 – up until then, no one had thought to meld a Disney-like moral tale with a swashbuckling adventure – the story centers around the prescient acknowledgment that we create our destinies by the choices that we make. The main narrative is focused around the brave and courageous Princess April who must first transcend darkness and evil before she can realize her true potential. Intrigued by the Great World and its