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The Princess and the Pea


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No. of pages 32

Published: 2001

Great for age 7-10 years

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"The Princess and the Pea" tells the story of a young woman claiming to be a true princess. When a prince seeks a royal bride, his mother, the queen, decides to test the girl’s authenticity. She places a single pea beneath twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds, designed to see if the girl can feel the pea. That night, the young woman tosses and turns, unable to sleep due to the discomfort caused by the hidden pea. In the morning, when she reveals her sleepless night, the queen declares her a true princess. The story celebrates sensitivity and the importance of true royal identity. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

 

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 2001 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers .

 

This book contains the following story:

The Princess and the Pea
A prince travelled the world to find a real princess to be his bride, but none of them would quite do. One night during a massive storm a girl knocked on the door claiming to be a princess from down the road looking for shelter. The queen was sceptical so placed a pea under the mattress of the spare bed. Then she piled more and more mattresses onto the bed so that it was so high the girl needed a ladder to climb into bed. ‘Only a real princess will feel the pea under that many mattresses thought the queen’. The next morning the queen asked the girl how she had slept and she complained bitterly about a hard lump in the bed. The queen was delighted and presented the girl to the prince. ‘This is a real princess, ‘ she said. The prince was delighted and the two got married and lived happily ever after.

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