The Princess and the frozen peas

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Title:

The Princess and the frozen peas

Author:

North, Laura, author.

Dreidemy, Joelle, illustrator.

Series:

Tadpoles: fairytale twists.

Summary:

A beautiful princess tries to avoid marrying an ugly old king by pretending to sleep well each night despite the best efforts of the king's servants to disturb her rest with peas and other things that start with the letter P. Includes puzzles and notes for adults.

Audience:

Guided Reading: G.

General Note:

First published in 2012 by Franklin Watts (a division of Hachette Children's Books).

Physical Description:

31 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.

Genre:

Humorous fiction.

Readers (Publications)

Subject Term:

Princesses -- Juvenile fiction.

Marriage -- Juvenile fiction.

Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction.

Sleep -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Dreidemy, Joelle,

Publisher:

Crabtree Publishing Company,

Publication Date:

2014

ISBN:

9780778704461

9780778704812

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Crabtree Publishing Company, 2014.

Call Number:

JR NORTH

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003030742	Juvenile Readers	NORTH	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

A princess is horrified when a cranky, old king arrives at the palace intending to marry her. She must first pass the frozen peas test to prove she is a real princess. But does she want to?

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 1-2-Another twist on a familiar fairy tale. When a grumpy, old king calls for the princess's hand in marriage, her servants are instructed to prove she is a real princess. With just one pea under her mattress, the cunning, real princess pretends to sleep soundly all night in order to dissuade her suitor. The servants try again to keep the princess from sleeping with bags and bags of frozen peas. Again, she "sleeps" all night. The servants then try a pirate, panda, a peacock, and some porcupines between her mattresses, and still the exhausted princess pretends to sleep. The king calls off the wedding, proclaiming, "She's not a princess!" She can finally get a good night's sleep. Colorful and concise cartoon illustrations help readers to understand the princess's crafty plan.-Lindsay Persohn, University of South Florida, Tampa (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.