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Grey, Mini

The Very Smart Pea and the Princess-to-Be

32 pp. | Knopf | September, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-375-82626-2 $$14.95 | Library ISBN 0-375-92626-7 $$16.99
(2) K-3 This skewed fairy tale delivers an entertaining spin and a great deal of visual wit. As you would expect, there's a prince, his mother the queen, a whole lot of mattresses, and a pea...who narrates the story. Grey's paintings are filled with rich color and little jokes, with vegetable and fruit motifs throughout. The endpapers open with a newly planted royal garden and close with the prince and his bride happily harvesting an abundant crop.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2003

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