When a prince sets out to find a princess to marry, he soon discovers this is not a simple task. There is no shortage of so-called princesses, but how can he tell whether or not they are what they claim to be? Then one night, a great storm rages, there's a knock on the palace gate, and the prince's life is never the same.
Caldecott Honor-winning artist Rachel Isadora exquisitely illustrates this retelling of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale and takes readers to a beautiful African setting-a first for the "true story" of a tiny pea that changed everything.
Author and illustrator: Rachel Isadora. 32 pp. Ages: 4 - 8. Hardcover. Publisher: Putnam Juvenile, 2007.