The Princess and the Pea

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Front page of "The Princess and the Pea" 

 
The Princess and the Pea adapted by Lisa Harkrader is a traditional literature book which is a fairy tale. This could be read to children of ages 4-8 because of the many adaptations of the story and the message it sends. 


In a kingdom lived a King, Queen, and their son Prince Phillip and one day when he was old enough the King and Queen decide it's time that their son finds a wife. So the King and Queen decide to throw a grand ball and invited princesses from all of the surrounding kingdoms. Prince Phillip greets every princess and talks and dances with them but by the end of the night he hadn't found a princess he liked enough to marry. After all the princess had left it started to storm and the family started talking about how Phillip didn't like any of the princesses because of how boring and selfish they were. As the storm continued there was a knock on the palace door and the kind sent his guard to open it and in walked a young woman. She was wet and shivering with her tattered wet dress and bare feet. She introduces herself as Rosalie and how she was a princess. When the queen hears this he seems shocked because of how Rosalie looks, but Rosalie nods and says she was on her way to the ball but her carriage lost a wheel but she didn't want to ignore her invitation so she decided to walk there. As Rosalie continued talking she was somehow hitting all the complaints the family had given about the other princesses. while the King and Prince Phillip liked Rosalie the Queen was suspicious about if she was really a princess. So the Queen decided to let Rosalie stay the night, and she made Rosalie's bed using 20 comforters on top of 20 thick mattresses and when they finished the Queen placed a tiny pea under the stack. She did this to test if Rosalie was a real princess because she knew only a true princess would be sensitive enough to feel the pea. When she walked down the next morning the family could tell Rosalie did not sleep well. Which Rosalie mentioned was because she was tossing and turning the whole night because right in the middle of the mattress there was a lump that felt exactly like a pea. As soon as she said that they it was confirmed that Rosalie was a princess. After that Prince Phillip proposed to Rosalie and they got married that very day and were a very happy couple that enjoyed the same things and lived happily ever after. 


Happily Ever After for Prince Phillip and Princess Rosalie


I would use this book in my class because it teaches the lesson about doing your best to not jump to conclusions. I would use this book in grades K-3 to teach that lesson about it not being ok to judge others before you get to know them. I would try and use this book when we are going over the topic of understanding others and learning not to judge others before getting to know them. 

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