The Princes and the Pea

Author: Bently, Peter

Interest age: from c 3 years

Published on 8 May 2025 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Bloomsbury Childrens Books) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 32 pages
243 x 274 x 6 | 214g

A hilarious rhyming retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, The Princess and the Pea, with a modern twist!?There?s something I heard in a very old tale ? a test you can do that will work without fail. Under her mattress I?ll slip a small pea. A princess who?s perfect will feel it, you see.? 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 might 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 or proud AT ALL ? so 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 . . .

This irresistible retelling of Hans Christian Andersen?s classic fable defies traditional fairy tale conventions. With a pitch perfect rhyming text by bestselling Peter Bently, and gloriously detailed illustrations by award-winning Claire Powell, it is an unmissable treat.