Cursed by an evil fairy at her christening, Princess Melisande grows up bald but finds herself facing another set of problems when her wish for golden hair is fulfilled.

Charming, humorous fairy tale with bright illustrations... P.J. Lynch is always half the reason I read his books. ( )

I this this is one of my all-time favorite fairy tales. Its so wry and funny and the illustrations are great. This is the same illustrator as When Jessie Came Across the Sea and The King of Ireland's Son. Princess Melissande is cursed at birth by an evil fairy to be bald, she uses up a wish to grow too much hair and the prince who tries to help her ends up making her hair stop growing but making Melisander herself grow at a fantastic rate. ( )

Another one that I'd read as a child.

The Fairy Christening Curse strikes again! This princess' family tried to avoid it by inviting NO fairies to the party, in the hopes that if no one was invited, no one could get offended. Well, that didn't work, and their darling daughter ends up cursed with baldness!

Perhaps she should've left well enough alone... because when she's later gifted a wish to cure herself, a poorly-worded request causes her to end up with more hair than the kingdom can handle. When a well-meaning prince tries to help, the kingdom ends up with more princess than it can handle! ( )

Illustrated version of E. Nesbit's delightful and magical fairy tale about a princess with exponentially growing hair. ( )