Another classic twist on a classic fairytale, in this case, The Princess and the Pea! Quite a practical parody, as Sweet Pea has to do to get herself down from a pile of mattresses in order to get to the bathroom in the middle of the night. 

The Prince and his mother the Queen are testing Sweet Pea to make sure she’s a real princess by placing one pea, then a pile of peas, then more, under more and more mattresses each night Sweet Pea sleeps over. Unfortunately, Sweet Pea keeps finding the peas under the mattresses and eating them, washing them down with a glass of milk. This means she has to get up in the middle of the night every night, climb down the multiple mattresses, and dash to the bathroom before peeing her pants (she always makes it in time—phew!). But since Princesses never pee their pants, Sweet Pea still manages to prove her “princessness”!

Another adorable and funny story by Rosie Amazing with equally adorable illustrations by Andreea Balcan.

A fun, poetic, alphabetical picture book touching on the legends of Georgian Bay (Tobermory area) and perhaps adding a new myth of the author’s own—and who doesn’t like Gnomes!

Written by local Bruce Peninsula author Ferelith Hoffmann-Tayler, there is a Gnomes Glossary included in the back. 

Rosie Amazing’s The Beast’s Big Day is a ridiculously fun re-telling (more than that, actually) of the fairytale classic, Beauty and the Beast. 

The more you read, the smarter you are. And you need to be smart to avoid being a villain. And how do you avoid being a villain like Gassy? Buttermilk, the Beast’s friend, shows Gassy that he is being a villain by encouraging him to read—specifically, the Beast’s story. That’s where he discovers he’s the villain in that tale—all because he’s judging the Beast by the way he looks. Gassy decides to do better and befriends the Beast, who then teaches Gassy more about looking beyond appearances when another stranger comes knocking at the castle. Then all the new friends work hard selling copies of the Beast’s story to more readers so they, too, can avoid being villains!

A very inventive story that goes in directions you wouldn’t expect. Highly recommended.