Princess/Based on Hans Christian Andersen's "the Princess and the Pea" - Hardcover
A girl proves that she is a real princess in an unusual way
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
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Original Language: French
Kindergarten-Grade 3-- In this augmented traditional tale, Prince Leopold's mother wants him to marry a real princess, so Leopold rides off to slay a monster and win a wife. But when he beheads the dreaded videopteryx, he finds a princess too busy watching television. He stuns the antiseptyx, but this princess has a cleaning obsession. Others, too, are equally inappropriate. Seeking shelter from the rain, the prince shares a shed with a shepherdess named Princess who suits him just fine. Back at the castle, Hans Christian Andersen's "Princess and the Pea" frame now comes into play. But here it is a fall from the pile of mattresses that logically gives the young woman all those bruises (rather than the pea placed at the bottom of the stack) and a wedding is arranged at once. Wilsdorf's bright watercolor and black-line cartoons heighten the playfulness of the story. Details such as Leopold's family dog with dragon wings, the expressions of the incredulous horse, and the humorously scary monsters invite readers to laugh. Pea-strewn endpapers help alert readers to the story's antecedent. This version doesn't belong on the shelf with "Princess and the Pea" versions illustrated by Paul Galdone or even Janet Stevens, but it can take its place alongside the ever-increasing number of titles such as Stephanie Calmenson's The Principal's New Clothes (Scholastic, 1989), Babette Cole's Princess Smartypants (Putnam, 1987), and others that fool with folktales. --Susan Hepler, Alexandria City Public Schools, VA
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherGreenwillow
- ISBN 10 068811542X
- ISBN 13 9780688115425
- BindingHardcover
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Princess/Based on Hans Christian Andersen's "the Princess and the Pea"
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ISBN 13: 9780688115425
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