Princess And The Pea

By Lauren Child format: children's paperback publication: September 2006 ISBN: 9780141500140

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K-Gr. 3. The dollhouse crafts and the play are as much fun as the wry storytelling in this exuberant fractured version of the familiar fairy tale. Child adds a little zip to the narrative ("You know what parents are like"), as the king and queen hunt for an appealing princess for their son. Unfortunately, they can't find one--until an adventurous, beautiful young woman takes a walk through the woods on a stormy night and takes shelter in the palace. She is a real beauty ("you know how it is with these fairy tale types"), and the queen tests her by having the servants make up the bed with one tiny green pea beneath 12 feather mattresses. Kids will appreciate both the independent princess and Polly Borland's photos of the child's skillfully crafted, three-dimensional backdrops (with cut-paper characters), which Child briefly talks about at the end of the book

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