Princess Lenore is ill from eating too many raspberry tarts. She believes that possessing the moon is the only thing that will cure her. Despite a command from the King, neither the Lord High Chamberlain nor the Royal Wizard nor the Royal Mathematician can get the moon for her. Only when the clever Court Jester consults the Princess herself is the problem solved - with characteristic Thurber wit.

I don't know if it won any awards and, frankly, I don't care.
I love this story! ( )

I remember this book very differently. Still enjoyable ( )

What a delightful and charming picture book for children. As adults, we keep score and maintain lists. We are such literalists that the impossible remains impossible. Yet, through the eyes of a child, all seems possible and wonderful. Would that we could recapture that wonder. Sigh... ( )

James Thurber is such a charming writer. While it'd be doubtful this could really hold the attention during storyime, this would make an excellent storytelling piece. (Note to self...) ( )