The Princess and the Pea

This is the classic story of The Princess and the Pea, only the characters are tigers. This, I find, adds confusion for distinguishing males from females (if you don't look closely at their clothing) because, being tigers, they all have the same features. The illustrations were a little too realistic for me because I feel I shouldn't have to look at the characters' clothing to know if it's a boy or a girl. Even though this disappointed me, I would recommend the story to any adult who has a young child because even though it's been retold many times, The Princess and the Pea is always entertaining.

This book is something perfect for any age, but especially for the students in elementary school and before. This book is definitely a well known fairytale that can be used in the classroom to introduce how royalty is and even compare it to our own government. As a teacher, you can also help the students make personal connections to better understand the story that way they are able to relate to it. In this story, a prince is in search of his princess. He gives up and heads back home. One day there is a knock on the door. It is a princess! The queen secretly hides a pea under many mattresses as well as feather beds. The next morning the asks the princess how she slept. She responds negatively saying her back was hurting. That then show more proved the point of the queen saying that she really is a princess because of that fair skin. Overall, reading this book brought back many childhood memories of reading this book over and over again. I loved it then and still do today because of the message it has, having trust and honesty in anything can go a long way. show less

I like it better in other adaptations when the prince is reluctant to marry, for various reasons. This one is just silly, in all respects.

Really cool retelling of the story...the pictures really make it a whole new...(animal;)...tale

46 months - I suspect there are better versions of this story out there. O enjoyed all the different animal princesses.

Epic books.com has a "Read to Me" edition with very nice musical accompaniment. The third-grade class enjoyed this for the culmination of their unit on fairy tales.