When Pearl searches her closet for warm clothes, she tumbles into the Underwater Kingdom.  She finds it strangely quiet.  She discovers all the princesses gathered around an injured princess, washed in on a tidal wave, from their enemies in the Reef Kingdom.  Pearl tells them they must care for her and give her plenty of rest.  Although her wounds begin to heal, Princess Velvet’s eyes remain closed.  Pearl reads her stories and brings various corals to decorate the room.  One day Pearl asks her to open her eyes so she can return home.  Slowly Velvet looks at Pearl.  She had been worried because a look from a Coral Princess can turn enemies into stone.  Pearl assures her they are friends, not enemies.  She escorts Velvet home and they are greeted by the Coral Princesses – with open eyes.  As a thank you, they give Pearl a lovely coral pearl as a token of friendship.  The artwork in this simple story will appeal to all princesses.  There is a “pearl” embedded in the front cover.  At the end of the book, the reader is invited to touch the pearl and whisper their own pearl of wisdom by which to live.