Ruby Sisson Library

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.

By feeling a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds, a girl proves that she is a real princess.

A young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves that she is a real princess.

In this humorous retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea," Lorelei must pass many difficult tests in order to prove that she is a true princess and win the hand of Prince Nicholas.

By feeling a pea through twenty matresses and twenty feather beds, a girl proves that she is a real princess.

Only by feeling a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds can a girl prove she is a real princess.

In a dynamic retelling of "The Princess and the Pea," 17-year-old Violet falls in love at first sight with the dashing Prince Richard, who has arrived at her impoverished family farm in the middle of a storm and whose parents insist that he marry a princess of high nobility.

"One stormy night, a mysterious woman knocks at the castle door. She claims to be a true princess but the Queen has her doubts. She concocts a clever scheme to test the girl and all it takes is a single dried pea"--Amazon.com.