Simple text and captivating illustrations are paired with beautiful music and fun sound-effects to help tell the classic tale of "The Princess and the Pea." Prince Fastidious travels the world to find his perfect princess. But something is not quite right about any of them. They either talk too much, or not at all. Some are too old for him, or too young. Others are spoiled or have too many noisy, little dogs. Find out what happens when Princess Rose accidentally comes to the castle at night because of a fierce storm. How does she prove to the Queen that she’s a real princess? A happy ending adds interest to this fairy tale and encourages a lifelong love for reading.

A reimagining of the classic "The Princess and the Pea" set in an African American community in the South in the 1950s. Now in paperback! In this adaptation of "The Princess and the Pea," there are no mattresses. Ma Sally cooks the best black-eyed peas in Charleston County, South Carolina. Her son, John, is a highly eligible bachelor, and three local women vie for his hand in marriage by attempting to cook as well as Ma. At the last minute, a surprise contestant named Princess arrives at the door. Princess and John are well-matched, but Princess has her own ideas. When told she has won John’s hand, she asks him to scrub the pots and pans before she'll give him an answer. Dedicated to "Black families everywhere," this heartwarming story, with its fairy-tale tone, will have broad appeal. —Kirkus Reviews

An abridgement of the tale in which a girl proves that she is a real princess by feeling a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds. Includes historical notes about Hans Christian Anderson and the original fairy tale.

Refusing to eat peas even when her father disguises them in smoothies, shakes, and cupcakes, Lily-Rose May is diagnosed with "princess-itus" and sent to live at a palace where princesses are given a certain perfect, and very unwelcome, kind of food.

As her parents learn to how manage their daughter's persnickety ways, a little girl also comes to understand the royal reason that she is so fussy. Full color.

The King and evil Queen are looking for a proper Princess to marry their Prince. When a Princess is found, will they all live happily ever after? Or will they live at all?

Once upon a time there was a prince called Henrik who wanted very much to fall in love and get married. He was an outdoorsy type, and hoped that the princess he married would like hockey and camping. And so Prince Henrik came up with a plan. Whenever a princess came to stay, he offered to make up the guest room. Instead of twenty mattresses, Henrik found one thin camping mattress. Instead of twenty eiderdowns, Henrik found one old sleeping bag. And instead of one single pea, the prince decided to use a whole packet of frozen peas.