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32 pp.
August, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-7613-1525-X$$15.95
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LibraryISBN 0-7613-2418-6$$22.90
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K-3
Princess Nicki--a.k.a. Picky--refuses to eat vegetables, despite the bribes offered by the inventive royal staff. A wizard, however, uses Nicki's own wishes (to be tall, to have long hair) to persuade her to eat her veggies (because spinach will make her big and strong, broccoli will make her hair grow, etc.). Loose, ripply images in golds, oranges, and blues gracefully track the princess's conversion.