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The Pea and the Princess (Paperback)

by Mini Grey (Author)
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Product details

  • Paperback: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Red Fox; New edition edition (1 April 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099432331
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099432333
  • Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 21.6 x 0.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 83,488 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Once upon a time there was an enchanting fairytale about a prince who was looking for a real princess to be his bride. The only way to tell whether the many princesses who applied for the post were really royal, legend had it, was to see if they would be able to feel a tiny little pea through dozens of luxurious mattresses as they slept. Only the princess who emerged the next morning complaining of the extreme discomfort in which she had passed the night, could possibly be good enough to be the prince's bride ...All well and enchanting, but has anyone stopped to think about how all this might have felt for the pea in question? No. So here, for the first time, straight from the pea, is the truth about this much-loved, oft-repeated fairytale.

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From pod to palace – the real story of the princess and the pea…


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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliantly funny and inventive picture book, 5 Oct 2007
By ELH Browning "Esther-Lou" (Kingston Bagpuize, Oxon) - See all my reviews
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This is a cracking good book, funny, different and bold so it stands out brilliantly from the many soft and gentle animal books which litter the children's sections of bookshops and libraries. The traditional story of the Princess and the Pea (and if you don't have a good version, stick Lauren Child's The Princess and the Pea in your basket too) is told from the point of view of the pea. He's a palace pea that almost became part of a Recipe but was plucked just in time, by the queen, destined for greater things. And so the pea was placed under twenty mattresses as the test for a Real Princess. But months passed and the pea decides to hurry things along a little. It's a brilliant idea, and beautifully executed: well written and great pictures. My children (3, 5, & 7, of whom two are boys) think it is very funny indeed. The illustrations are quirky, and fun, containing a variety of interesting and amusing things that appeal across the age range, for example the pile of twenty mattresses looks like the most enormous about-to-topple sandwich or an overloaded burger bun. I love the other foody touches throughout too like vegetable wall-paper and the Queen's pea eyes and necklace. Worth every sparkle of a 5-star rating. It's wonderful.
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4.0 out of 5 stars What's that lump?!, 22 Dec 2007
By DangermouseZilla "He's the strongest, he's th... (Doncaster, Yorkshire, UK.) - See all my reviews
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We all know the story of the Princess and the pea. But have you ever thought about the poor little pea? Being squashed under all those mattresses, it's a wonder it wasn't a mushy pea.

Anyway, this tells the story of the pea from the traditional fairy story. From the moment the pod popped open, to the climbing up of a mattress mountain to help the process of finding a princess for the prince.

It's not the best kiddies book but it is good, and it's a great twist on a well known story. I hope they do more like this, maybe Humpty Dumpty from the perspective of the poor wall he sat on?!
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5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Strange!, 28 Jun 2005
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This is the retelling of the classic fairytale the princess and the pea from the pea's perspective. The pea gets fed up of waiting for a princess to feel him underneath the mattresses so he decidees to intervene. The illustrations are vibrant and lively but the Queen who is testing the princesses is quite frightening looking she bears some resembalnce to our own Queen in her tweed skirt and headscarf but has peas for eyes which are a bit frightening. I think the idea is very clever but it is a bit old for 3-4 's. They enjoy the pictures but don't really understand the story.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Okay.... but not great.
This book takes the age-old story of the Princess and the Pea, but tells it from the pea's perspective. Neat idea, but that's about it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by A. Wright

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