The Princes and the Pea
Author: Bently, Peter
ISBN: 9781526641953
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 03 Jun 2025
Pages: 32 Format: Paperback / softback
Prince Fred decides it's time he got married - to a genuine 'proper perfect' princess. His best friend, Prince Zac, warns him that such a bride would be hard to find . . .
Enter Princess Ardwenna, who turns up at the palace to ask for shelter from the storm. Prince Fred can't believe she's a real princess - she's not fussy and proud at ALL.
"So I have to be fussy to be a princess?" she says.
"Well, I can do fussy, no problem. OH YES!"
Ardwenna decides to play a trick on Fred - involving one little pea and a whole pile of mattresses!
But Prince Fred might not need a princess after all. Perhaps his own handsome prince has been there all along . . .
A funny and irresistible retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fable, 'The Princess and the Pea', which defies the traditional fairy tale convention. With a pitch-perfect rhyming text by bestselling Peter Bently, and gloriously detailed illustrations by award-winning Claire Powell, this is an unmissable treat with a modern twist.
ISBN: 9781526641953
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 03 Jun 2025
Pages: 32 Format: Paperback / softback
Prince Fred decides it's time he got married - to a genuine 'proper perfect' princess. His best friend, Prince Zac, warns him that such a bride would be hard to find . . .
Enter Princess Ardwenna, who turns up at the palace to ask for shelter from the storm. Prince Fred can't believe she's a real princess - she's not fussy and proud at ALL.
"So I have to be fussy to be a princess?" she says.
"Well, I can do fussy, no problem. OH YES!"
Ardwenna decides to play a trick on Fred - involving one little pea and a whole pile of mattresses!
But Prince Fred might not need a princess after all. Perhaps his own handsome prince has been there all along . . .
A funny and irresistible retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fable, 'The Princess and the Pea', which defies the traditional fairy tale convention. With a pitch-perfect rhyming text by bestselling Peter Bently, and gloriously detailed illustrations by award-winning Claire Powell, this is an unmissable treat with a modern twist.
