About this item
When it comes to sorting out a Real Princess from a Fake Princess, the famous pea-under-the-mattress test is tried-and-true. But for those of you who may have wondered how anyone could feel a tiny garden-variety pea under the weight of twenty mattresses, this book will put that question to rest once and for all. . This witty spoof was shortlisted for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal in the UK. It was Mini Greys first book and a worthy predecessor to such favorites as Traction Man is Here!
About the Author
Mini Grey was given her name after being born in a Mini in a car park in Newport, Wales. She studied for an MA in Sequential Illustration at Brighton under the tutelage of John Vernon Lord. Mini also worked as a primary school teacher in Oxford, where she now lives.
Her books include Egg Drop, The Pea and the Princess (shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal) , Biscuit Bear (winner of the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Gold Award) , Traction Man is Here (winner of the Boston Horn Book Award and shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal) , The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon (winner of the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Bronze Award and winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal) , and Traction Man meets Turbodog. Mini Grey is one of the Big Picture's ten Best New Illustrators.
