King Thrush-Beard - Tapa dura

"The housework scene, in which the inept princess attempts to cook, rewards viewers with amusing and sometimes absurd details. An original take on a classic fairy tale." Booklist, Carolyn Phelan"

"NorthSouth s latest picture-book edition of a Grimm Brothers folktale demonstrates the mesmerizing potential of even a relatively minor story when placed in the hands of a gifted artist. Romanian illustrator Irina Dobrescu has created fresh, humorous, stylized paintings that highlight the story s message that we should not dismiss others solely on the basis of appearances."-New York Journal of Books"

When a beautiful, but conceited, princess cruelly turns down each of her suitors, her father, the king, forces her to marry a beggar. But a life of hard work and love soon teach the princess a valuable lesson and her hardness gives way to kindness and compassion. And through loving eyes, the princess is surprised to see who her husband really is.