Real princesses do not grow on trees.
You just have to wait for one to come to you.

And if one does, just to be sure, make her a bed of twelve feather mattresses, and underneath those twelve feather mattresses place a small pea-green garden pea. Then wait for the moon to set and the sun to rise. And if she wakes up all black and blue, you’ll know that you have indeed discovered a real princess.

Lauren says: In this book I have collaborated with photographer Polly Borland to set The Princess and the Pea in
a miniature, 3-dimensional world. The joy of working with a photographer like Polly was the ability to capture a moment – so you can almost imagine the characters have just walked into the room. I love the paintings of Vermeer, his detail and the way he allows you a glimpse into someone else’s world. It’s rather like the feeling you get when you glance through someone’s window as you walk past their house. Looking into a dollshouse gives me a similar feeling of snatching a moment of someone else’s life.