The Princess and the Pea

Isadora, R. (2009). The Princess and the Pea. Illus. Rachel Isadora. New York, New York: Penguin Group (USA), Inc.

Annotation: This is an African version of the original Princess and the Pea. An African prince tries to find a bride, but he has a hard time finding a bride that is a true princess and claim to be who they are. On a stormy night a princess shows up at the palace and claims she is a princess. The prince's mother tests this by putting a pea under her bed and says a true princess should be sensitive enough to feel it. She does and they get married.

Genre: Culturally diverse children's book

Grade Level: PreK-2nd

Readers who would like this: This is would be a cute book for a teacher to have in their classroom library. It is a fun little fairy tale for little girls alike.

Rating/Response: I give this book a 4. I think the illustrations are amazing and I also like how this is a spin on the original princess and the pea. It is a staple book that many should have.

Question: Have you ever dreamed of marrying a prince or a princess?

Reading Strategy:
a) Tompkins #4 (author's chair)
b) This strategy is when students get the opportunity to sit in writing chair to share what they have wrote for their writing assignment. They can get feedback from students and they have the privilege to sit in the infamous chair!
c) This would be a good reading strategy for this book, because the students could make their own version of princess and the pea and write a little story about it and then share it with the class once they have begun writing it. This gives the students the opportunity to be creative and put their own spin on the story.