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You can now download the whole illustrated story of the Princess and the Pea for free here !

watercolour and ink

"And what a bed it was! Twenty mattresses were piled one on top of the other, and on top of those lay twenty eiderdown quilts. A ladder reached all the way to the top so the poor Princess could get into the bed.
“Oh dear,” said the Prince, blushing quite red. “The princess test.”
The Princess gave him a bemused look, and with some effort the prince lifted up the bottom mattress enough to show her a pea placed in the middle of the bed under all the mattresses. He reluctantly explained his parents’ idea. They believed the pea would cause so much discomfort to a true princess, who by her very nature would be incredibly delicate, that she would not be able to sleep all night.
“I was hoping if you weren’t too tired, you might tell me of your adventures,” said the Prince to break the awkward silence.
“Right.” Said the Princess. “Help me get a mattress down so we’ll have somewhere sensible to sit.”"

Page 4 of The Princess and the Pea, which I am retelling as part of my 'feminist fairytales' series.

All through July I'll be uploading pictures from The Princess and the Pea. If you'd like to see more (snippets, works in progress, sketches, etc) check out my social media places:

Facebook
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Instagram
Twitter

And of course everything will be up on my website as soon as it goes up anywhere else. (You can also sign up there to my newsletter if you want to be the first to see new illustrations from the fairytales, get news about the book, or just read my ramblings about processes and progress!)

Description
You can now download the whole illustrated story of the Princess and the Pea for free here !

watercolour and ink

"And what a bed it was! Twenty mattresses were piled one on top of the other, and on top of those lay twenty eiderdown quilts. A ladder reached all the way to the top so the poor Princess could get into the bed.
“Oh dear,” said the Prince, blushing quite red. “The princess test.”
The Princess gave him a bemused look, and with some effort the prince lifted up the bottom mattress enough to show her a pea placed in the middle of the bed under all the mattresses. He reluctantly explained his parents’ idea. They believed the pea would cause so much discomfort to a true princess, who by her very nature would be incredibly delicate, that she would not be able to sleep all night.
“I was hoping if you weren’t too tired, you might tell me of your adventures,” said the Prince to break the awkward silence.
“Right.” Said the Princess. “Help me get a mattress down so we’ll have somewhere sensible to sit.”"

Page 4 of The Princess and the Pea, which I am retelling as part of my 'feminist fairytales' series.

All through July I'll be uploading pictures from The Princess and the Pea. If you'd like to see more (snippets, works in progress, sketches, etc) check out my social media places:

Facebook
Tumblr
Instagram
Twitter

And of course everything will be up on my website as soon as it goes up anywhere else. (You can also sign up there to my newsletter if you want to be the first to see new illustrations from the fairytales, get news about the book, or just read my ramblings about processes and progress!)