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Folktale and Fairy Tale Resources in the CRC: Princess and the Pea
This guide will connect you with the folktales, fairy tales, variants, and fractured versions of traditional tales from around the world.
A rhyming twist on a classic fairy tale in which a queen places a pea under a young lady's mattress to see if she is truly a princess. Incorporates Spanish words and Includes a glossary
Presents a re-telling of the well-known fairy tale of a young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves 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
Each character gets to have a say in this hilarious take on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea." Ten distinct voices narrate the story, including the snooty Queen Mildred, a gossipy doorman, a resourceful mother mouse, the happy-go-lucky Prince Harold, and the soggy Princess Lucy. Even the pea, the crucial member of the cast to whom on one ever consults, spouts his opinions.
The Princess and the Pea
This illustration came from:
Andersen, Hans Christian. Fairy Tales By Hans Andersen. Kay Nielsen, illustrator. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1924
Props may be used to illustrate the fairy tale: 1 book ([32] p.), 1 doll (9 cm.), 1 paperboard castle (21 x 23 cm., unassembled), 1 bed (9 x 12 cm.), 3 quilts (8 x 12 cm. ea.), 1 pillow (8 cm.), 5 peas (1 cm. ea.), 1 crown (2 cm.), 1 teacher's guide ; in bag, 35 x 38 cm