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Available
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Walker Books Ltd (1989), Edition: New edition, Hardcover, 48 pages
Description
Cursed by an evil fairy at her christening, Princess Melisande grows up bald but finds herself facing another set of problems when her wish for golden hair is fulfilled.
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LibraryThing member GeniusBabies
An exceptional book about the princess Melisande, who must either have absurdly long hair or grow absurdly huge. The book's tone is perfect and blends fantasy with very real characters. The illustrations are also very nice. I strongly recommend it to others.
LibraryThing member mathcircle
Illustrated version of E. Nesbit's delightful and magical fairy tale about a princess with exponentially growing hair.
LibraryThing member AltheaAnn
Another one that I'd read as a child.
The Fairy Christening Curse strikes again! This princess' family tried to avoid it by inviting NO fairies to the party, in the hopes that if no one was invited, no one could get offended. Well, that didn't work, and their darling daughter ends up cursed with
Perhaps she should've left well enough alone... because when she's later gifted a wish to cure herself, a poorly-worded request causes her to end up with more hair than the kingdom can handle. When a well-meaning prince tries to help, the kingdom ends up with more princess than it can handle!
The Fairy Christening Curse strikes again! This princess' family tried to avoid it by inviting NO fairies to the party, in the hopes that if no one was invited, no one could get offended. Well, that didn't work, and their darling daughter ends up cursed with
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baldness!Perhaps she should've left well enough alone... because when she's later gifted a wish to cure herself, a poorly-worded request causes her to end up with more hair than the kingdom can handle. When a well-meaning prince tries to help, the kingdom ends up with more princess than it can handle!
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LibraryThing member aprille
I this this is one of my all-time favorite fairy tales. Its so wry and funny and the illustrations are great. This is the same illustrator as When Jessie Came Across the Sea and The King of Ireland's Son. Princess Melissande is cursed at birth by an evil fairy to be bald, she uses up a wish to grow
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too much hair and the prince who tries to help her ends up making her hair stop growing but making Melisander herself grow at a fantastic rate. Show Less
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NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (10th Edition: 1988-1992)
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Physical description
48 p.; 10.55 inches
ISBN
0744511054 / 9780744511055
Local notes
Melisande's parents, being modern monarchs, decide to avoid all that christening unpleasantness and christen the baby themselves, but they find themselves faced with an angry mob of fairies. From one irritated, uninvited guest comes the gift of baldness. From one poorly worded wish comes out of control hair. Add one prince determined to find the solution. And mix in Melisande's need to rescue her island home.