Tag: Princess and the Pea

THE UGLY DUCKLING by Mara Alperin, illustrated by Sue Eastland

April 4, 2025

This week, we read another classic Hans Christian Andersen story. This book is a simplified version of the story. Older children can grasp some of the lessons from this book. These include not judging others by how they look. Also about self-acceptance and just treating others nicely, no matter what we look like or do.… More THE UGLY DUCKLING by Mara Alperin, illustrated by Sue Eastland

THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA retold by Harriet Ziefert, illustrated by Emily Bolam

May 3, 2024

A classic fairy tale, originally written by Hans Christian Andersen. I love the illustrations in this book. It is also simple and easy for the children to follow. After the story we looked at a real pea. How did the princess feel this under twenty mattresses? Each child then got to see if they were… More THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA retold by Harriet Ziefert, illustrated by Emily Bolam