The Princess and the Pea-Ano

by Mike Thaler, Jared Lee (Illustrator)

library bound book

Genres: Picture Books, Fairy Tales

32 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1997

About the author

Mike Thaler, born in Los Angeles, started his professional career drawing cartoons for adults. A children's book editor saw one of his cartoon stories in a national magazine and encouraged Mike to try writing for children. His first attempt met with success, and "The Magic Boy" was published in 1961.

Mike has produced over 220 published books and is known as “America’s Riddle King.” He has also been called “The Court Jester of Children’s Literature.”

Mike Thaler lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Patty. He gladly welcomes all invitations to do church and school programs, and other book events.

Mike travels each year throughout the world helping children and teachers create their own stories, riddles, and books. He writes and teaches with creativity, inspiring his audiences with a love of language.

--from the author's website

Reviews

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty funny. I do wonder why the last princess wasn't as 'pretty' as the others, and why the prince didn't care about anything about each young woman. But it's just a long joke, in a fairly small (read: inexpensive) book, so I don't fault it for either of those issues or for the fact that the pictures, too, were much more silly than appealing.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

This 'Happily Ever Laughter' series by Mike Thaler is HILARIOUS!!!! They are so funny! Anyone who can get their hands on these (for your kids of course *cough*) SHOULD!!! I HIGHLY recommend them! This one is about the prince looking for the princess and she seriously can't feel a THING under her mattresses...and they keep taking away mattresses and adding bigger things underneath. So funny!!

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lol, whut?

Cute and funny fractured fairy tale retelling.