The runaway princess
By: Rosie Dickins ; illustrator, Elodie Coudray
Contributors: Coudray, Elodie, illustrator; Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703
Series: Usborne young reading; Usborne young reading
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781409535928
Subjects: Runaways; Fairy tales; Children's stories; Princesses; Juvenile fiction; Juvenile Fiction; Readers (Primary)
Description: A princess runs away to avoid marriage, taking three of her favourite gowns with her. She works hard, herding geese in a tatty donkeyskin cloak, but when she thinks no one is looking, she tries on one of her beautiful gowns. She is spotted by a prince who falls in love with her at first sight, but she runs away. How will he find her? And what will he think when he finds out that she's just a goose girl? A variation of the Cinderella story, this version is based on Donkeyskin, a 300-year-old story by the French author, Charles Perrault. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme, which includes over 250 titles across seven levels - all developed in conjunction with reading experts at Roehampton University.
Notes: Key Stage 1.