Author(s): Peter Bently

Children & Young Adult

Prince Fred decides it's time he got married - to a genuine 'proper perfect' princess. His best friend, Prince Zac, warns him that such a bride would be hard to find .

 . . Enter Princess Ardwenna, who turns up at the palace to ask for shelter from the storm. Prince Fred can't believe she's a real princess - she's not fussy and proud at ALL.

"So I have to be fussy to be a princess?" she says. "Well, I can do fussy, no problem. OH YES!" Ardwenna decides to play a trick on Fred - involving one little pea and a whole pile of mattresses! But Prince Fred might not need a princess after all. Perhaps his own handsome prince has been there all along . . .

A funny and irresistible retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fable, 'The Princess and the Pea', which defies the traditional fairy tale convention. With a pitch-perfect rhyming text by bestselling Peter Bently, and gloriously detailed illustrations by award-winning Claire Powell, this is an unmissable treat with a modern twist.