Description
Near Fine dust jacket, a mylar dust jacket has been added. The Near Fine binding is illustrated paper over boards, wraparound illustration of a mattress with the sleeping princess, spine lettering is reverse printed with light overlay, a small spot on copyright page and dedication page. The “1” is present on the number line on copyright page which is the designation of first edition. Color illustrations by Kathy Osborn Young can be found at the turn of every page. Other than previously noted, pages are clean and the binding is tight. The book measures 11.3″ tall x 8.6″ wide.
About the book (from the dust jacket)
This decidedly modern retelling of the children’s classic The Princess and the Pea bursts with bold, witty illustrations. Here, the princess’s fate is not determined entirely by a little pea, but hinges instead on the importance of being true to herself.
Rather than marry an old, toothless king, Princess Esmerelda declares she will give up being a princess and runs away from home. Meanwhile. in a nearby kingdom, Prince Hector begins his travels in search of a “true’ princess to be his bride. The princesses he meets try everything they can to make him fall in love, losing themselves-and Hector’s attention- along the way. Each sleeps soundly despite the hard pea the prince has placed underneath each of their mattresses, a sure sign that not one of them is a “true’ princess. On the road home, Prince Hector meets Princess Esmerelda and they fall in love. The prince’s mother makes up a very special bed–pea and all—for their guest and one miserable. sleepless night later. Esmerelda emerges as true a modern princess as there ever was.
About the author (from the dust jacket)
A former librarian, ANN CAMPBELL lives and works as an editor in New York City. Once Upon a Princess and a Pea is her first book for children.
About the illustrator (from the dust jacket)
KATHY OSBORN YOUNG is well known for her numerous covers for the New Yorker magazine. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and debuts in children’s books with Once Upon a Princess and a Pea.
