The Uninvited Guest
Freddie wasn’t on the guest list. But with a banquet promising splendour, sparkle, plippity-ploppity pea-green soup and an awful lot of cake... how could he resist?
From the grand gardens to the chandelier, the world’s tiniest party-crasher turns the royal wedding upside down. The groom faints, and the bride catches him, obviously. Duchesses flounder. Cupcakes fly. And when the lid lifts on the main course... well, let’s just say the Frog Prince is about to make a truly unforgettable move.
The Uninvited Guest
One tiny fly. One royal wedding. Total chaos.
Freddie wasn’t on the guest list. But with a banquet promising splendour, sparkle, plippity-ploppity pea-green soup and an awful lot of cake—how could he resist?
From the grand gardens to the chandelier, the world’s tiniest party-crasher turns the royal wedding upside down. The groom faints. The bride catches him—obviously. Duchesses flounder. Cupcakes fly. And when the lid lifts on the main course, not even the Princess can guess what will happen next.
Can anyone catch Freddie? Can the Princess keep her cool? And what does one very unexpected royal highness have to do with it all?
A gloriously silly, royally rowdy read-aloud picture book for children aged 3–7, packed with rhythm, wit, wordplay and one spectacular final twist. Children will giggle at the chaos, while grown-ups will enjoy the jokes tucked between the lines.
Freddie never saw it coming.
Dorothy Dowling. Stories worth reading 200 times.
Language : English
Print length : 48 pages
ISBN-10 : 1917956347
ISBN-13 : 978-1917956345
Dimensions : 21.6 x 0.4 x 27.9 cm
Illustrator: Oscar Chavez
Recommended age: 3–7 years
Setting: A royal wedding
Themes: Humour, wordplay, confidence, unexpected heroes, celebration
Audio edition: not yet
Barcode / ISBN-13: 978-1-917956-34-5
Format / page count / dimensions: 216 mm (W) × 279 mm (H), 46 pages
Publication date: 2026
Dorothy Dowling is an Australian children’s author, midwife and nurse from the South West of Western Australia. Her stories began long before her books did. When her son Alex was three, they kept chooks, and Dorothy would invent tales for him out loud: silly ones, told again and again. He was her most exacting critic, and revisions were made on demand. Nearly twenty years on, and three years after Alex’s tragic death at seventeen, she published his favourite, Chookity Chook, to preserve and continue the goodness he gave so freely. Every book since carries his laughter, and every one is read-aloud tested: written to be just as good on the two-hundredth reading as the first. A career midwife who has built early-childhood health services across outback Australia, Dorothy writes for the wonder she has spent her life around. Her stories roam from a mischievous farmyard, the incredible Outback, to the sea garden beneath the famous Busselton Jetty, where Monty the pelican and his quietly hidden friend Gerald await sharp-eyed readers.
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OSCAR CHAVEZ
Inside the Book
Meet the Characters
The Bride
The Groom
His Royal Highness — the Frog
