Author: Ann Campbell
Illustrator: Kathy Osborn Young
Year: 1993
Age Level: 4-8
Plot Summary: In this updated version of the Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, the good-hearted princess Esmerelda runs away when she finds out she's being married off to middle-aged, toothless king. Luckily Prince Hector is on the road, looking for a princess to marry. None of the so-called princesses he encounters meet his standards, but Esmerelda just might change his mind...
My Rating: B. This book=blah. I really didn't like the illustrations. They were weird and ugly and sorry, but I like my fairy tales to be pretty. The story was fine, but the changes didn't really improve it at all and the whole book seemed like a weak effort.
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