Joy to the World: Or Sacred Songs for Gospel Meetings (1879)

The summer that Princess Claudia turned eight years old she discovered that everyone who lived in the castle had a best friend but her. Her parents, her wizard uncle and even her sister, Princess Elizabeth, had best friends. How was this possible? Claudia was old enough to know that when you need to do something about something there is only one place to go and one person to see: the castle wizard, Uncle Ouf. With Oufas magic to assist and a bit of help from Peach Fuzz, the cat, Claudia sets out on a mission to find a best friend. Claudia finds out that friendships are not always perfect and sometimes you have to be patient to get what you want. She also learns that if you listen, follow directions and open up your heart, things have a wonderful, perhaps even magical, way of working out.