Elementary Library

Resource & Discussion Guide

La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya (E ELY) A rhyming twist on a classic fairy tale in which a queen places a pea under a young lady's mattress to see if she is truly a princess. The Princess and the Pea by Rachel Isadora (E ISA) Based on the H.C. Andersen tale. In an East African setting, only by feeling a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds can a girl prove she is a real princess. ●​ Who is this story about? ●​ Where is the story happening? ●​ What happened first in the story? What happened in the middle of the story? What happened at the end of the story? ●​ How is this story the same or different from the other Princess in the Pea book we read? Discussion Prompts:

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