In these first two delightfully entertaining, laugh-out-loud Princess Tales, Gail Levine gently spoofs the notion that fairies are always right and that tests can never prove a person's worth, but holds fast to the notion that true love will always win in the end. She's no princess, but he wants to marry her all the same - but how will she ever pass the terrible tests? Meanwhile, Nicholas has fallen in love with Lorelei, a mere blacksmith's daughter.

So he devises a series of princess tests, designed to weed out the phonies and the fakes. But he must make sure the bride is a real princess.

In The Princess Test, King Humphrey has decided its time for his son, Prince Nicholas, to marry. The fairy Ethelinda feels she's meted out justice just right - until she discovers Rosella has been locked up by a greedy prince and Myrtle is having the time of her life! 9 Total Resources View Text Complexity Discover Like Books. Her punishment: Bugs and vipers slither out of her mouth. Gail Carson Levine charmed the world with Ella Enchanted, her spirited retelling. Her reward: Jewels and gems tumble out of her mouth whenever she speaks. And there is not just the pea test for the princesses to pass, but a series of similar ones that are equally absurd. Lorelei embroiders her family’s clothing with footstools instead of flowers. King Humphrey is very fond of synonyms and enjoys stringing them together. In The Fairy's Mistake, two very different sisters have two very different encounters with the fairy Ethelinda. The Princess Test is a witty retelling of The Princess and the Pea. Now this award-winning author turns her attention to two more classic fairy tales, and deftly turns them upside down and inside out with her trademark wit and hilarity.

All anyone can be certain of is that a cat walks in a cat walks out an ogre vanishes. Thats the story according to Puss, but notice, there are no witnesses. The obliging ogre becomes a mouse, and Puss eats him. Gail Carson Levine charmed the world with Ella Enchanted, her spirited retelling of the Cinderella story. When Puss recovers from his fright, he challenges the ogre again, this time to turn into a small creature.

The princess test by gail carson levine