Based on the classic fairy tale A prince wants to marry a real princess so the queen devises a true test based on one pea & a lot of mattresses! Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird's best-selling series For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop & improve their reading skills Each Read it yourself book is very carefully written to include many key high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced & practised throughout Simple sentences & frequently repeated words help to build the confidence of beginner readers & the four different levels of books support children all the way from very first reading practice through to independent fluent reading Each book has been carefully checked by educational consultants & can be read independently at home or used in a guided reading session at school Further content

Includes:: comprehension puzzles helpful notes for parents carers & teachers & book band information for use in schools The Princess & the Pea is a Level 1 Read it yourself title suitable for very early readers who have had some initial reading instruction & are ready to take their first steps in reading real stories Each story is told very simply using a small number of frequently repeated words

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The prince is looking for a true princess to be his wife but all the girls he meets are too rude too vain or too greedy One stormy night a young lady knocks on the palace door claiming to be a princess so the queen decides to put her to the test Will she feel the pea underneath the huge pile of mattresses? This classic fairy tale is wonderfully brought to life with soft colourful illustrations by popular illustrator Maja Dusikova ...

Explores the tale of the down-to-earth princess through a mix of artwork & photography to create a fairy tale to be treasured 44 pages Child Lauren ...

Lily-Rose May will not eat her peas Even when her father turns them into the most fabulous smoothies shakes or cupcakes Lily can always tell they are there & turns her little nose up at them Luckily the doctor knows exactly what to do He diagnoses an incurable case of Princess-itus & sends Lily to live at the palace Unfortunately for Lily-Rose May the perfect food for a princess is well that would be telling! ...

There's been a dreadful mix-up in the royal nursery Priscilla the princess has switched places with Pigmella the farmer's new piglet! The kindly farmer & his wife believe it's the work of a good witch The ill-tempered King & Queen squarely blame a bad witch It's the sort of thing that happens all the time in fairy tales! Priscilla grows up on the farm poor but very happy Things are less straightforward for a pig princess but if kissing a frog can work surely the same applies to pigs Witty inventive & bursting with fairy tale fun From the creators of the award-winning THE SANTA TRAP ...

The teeny tiniest of adorable farting ponies gives the biggest of laughs in this riotously inventive new title from Kate Beaton the artist behind the bestselling Hark! A Vagrant Fall in love with a teeny-tiny roly-poly cutie pie of a farting pony in this wickedly funny tale from Kate Beaton the artist behind the comic phenomenon Hark! A Vagrant Princess Pinecone knows exactly what she wants for her birthday this year Not a cosy sweater like always but a horse a big horse a strong horse a horse fit for a Warrior Princess! But when the day arrives Pinecone doesn't quite get the horse of her dreams Brave Viking warriors & big surprises abound in this laugh-out-loud title ...

It is 1913 nine years after the end of A Little Princess saw Sara Crewe escape Miss Minchin's orphanage Lottie the smallest girl from the original story learns about the Suffragette movement from Sara who returns to visit from time to time Soon Lottie finds herself sneaking out of the orphanage to attend a demonstration in defiance of her cold distant father A father who has a secret to hide about her own missing mother It's a story about lost mothers turning up in unexpected situations the power of friendship & female empowerment ...

A princess cannot get warm no matter what is done for her A stranger with cold eyes brings her the earth's blanket the forest's blanket the ocean's blanket & more but nothing can warm the cold princess Then one day a musician wanders into the land & her heart melts with warmth & love ...

Beautiful flaxen-haired Buttercup has fallen for Westley the farm boy & when he departs to make his fortune she vows never to love another So when she hears that his ship has been captured by the Dread Pirate Roberts (no survivors) her heart is broken But her charms draw the attention of the relentless Prince Humperdinck who wants a wife & will go to any lengths to have Buttercup So starts a fairy tale like no other of fencing poison true love hate revenge giants bad men good men snakes spiders chases escapes lies truths passion & miracles & a damn fine story ...

Beautiful flaxen-haired Buttercup has fallen for Westley the farm boy & when he departs to make his fortune she vows never to love another So when she hears that his ship has been captured by the Dread Pirate Roberts
- who never leaves survivors
- her heart is broken But her charms draw the attention of the relentless Prince Humperdinck who wants a wife & will go to any lengths to have Buttercup So starts a fairytale like no other of fencing fighting torture poison true love hate revenge giants hunters bad men good men beautifulest ladies snakes spiders beasts chases escapes lies truths passion & miracles

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