The Princess and the Pea by Paul Galdone

The Queen is of course skeptical about the visitor and she decided to let the visitor stay in the castle for the night. One evening however, a terrible storm came across the kingdom and it was during this time that a wandering visitor came into the kingdom, telling the king and queen that she is a real princess, despite her untidy appearance.

Unfortunately, all the princesses that they came across did not meet the Queen’s expectations and they ended up going back to their kingdom without a princess. The story starts off with the prince wanting to marry a princess and his mother, the Queen, decided that they should search for a real princess (much like herself) and they ended up traveling around to world to find a princess.

I will admit that I wanted to reread some of my childhood books for a long time now and I finally got that chance when I went back and reread one of my most favorite children’s books from my childhood called “The Princess and the Pea” by Janet Stevens! This is seriously one childhood read that I highly recommend to anyone! Janet has received the prestigious Texas Bluebonnet Award twice. She is particularly proud of her state book awards, voted on by children - which include Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Nebraska and Washington. Janet's books have been named ALA Notables and have repeatedly appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List. Janet has received numerous book awards, including a Caldecott Honor Award, Time Magazine’s Ten Best Children’s Books, the Wanda Gág Best Read-Aloud Book. Her trademark humorous animals also accompany the texts by such authors as Eric Kimmel and Coleen Salley, Janet is the author and illustrator of many original stories and frequently collaborates with her sister, Susan Stevens Crummel. Luckily for libraries (and children's book readers in general), publishers agreed and her first book was published in 1979. In 1977, she attended “The Illustrator's Workshop” in New York City, where it was suggested that her characters might find a home in a children's book. After she graduated from the University of Colorado in 1975 with a degree in Fine Arts Janet began compiling a portfolio of “characters”, bears in tutus, rhinos in sneakers, and walruses in Hawaiian shirts. The printed fabric was then made into aloha shirts and muumuus. Janet’s father was in the Navy therefore she moved a great deal and attended many schools while growing up.Īfter graduating from high school in Hawaii in 1971 she landed a job creating Hawaiian designs for fabric. While this didn't always sit well with her teachers, it was what she loved to do.

Pictures decorated her walls, mirrors, furniture and school work - including math assignments.

The Princess and the Pea by Paul Galdone