Middleton, E. (2017). La princesa and the pea. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons.
Overview: A Latino twist on the fairy tale the princess and the pea. Throughout the story Spanish words are used within the English text. At the beginning of the book is a list (glossary) of Spanish words in alphabetical order with pronunciation and brief English word for translation. In the story a prince wants a special wife. His mom is very picky for which girl would be best for her son. One day a maiden comes to town and the prince wants to marry her. The Queen is not convinced she is a true princess. So she creates a test to see if she is truly a princess. She gets a pea from the garden and puts it under the mattress. Twenty mattress are piled on top. If the maiden is worthy of the prince then she will feel the pea and get no sleep. After the maiden’s night sleep, which she got very little sleep, she passed the test. The couple was married and they had lots of hijos, one for each mattress. Little does anyone know that the prince made sure the maiden passed the test by adding his own objects to the mattresses.
If reading this book as a read aloud consider creating vocabulary cards for the Spanish and English words. This will help with the understanding of the text for students not familiar with both languages.
Level: Pre-K to 2nd grade
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