The Princess and the Pea

How do you test a rain-soaked young girl to make sure she is a Princess? You hide a pea in her bed, of course! Only a real Princess can feel a pea under twenty plump mattresses. But this Princess has a mind of her own. Will she endure the test and end up black and blue? Will she win the heart of the Prince? * Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts. * Text type - A play based on a Hans Christian Andersen tale * Curriculum links - Citizenship: Choices. * This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.