The Ordinary Princess written and illustrated by M.M. Kaye

A delightful fairy tale to read when resting from gardening. It was so refreshing to my body and mind that it  prompted me to locate the big book of The World's Best Fairy Tales and read a few favorites from my youthful energetic days. In the foreword, M.M. Kaye says she created this story about Princess Amethyst in an apple orchard in full bloom in the county of Kent in England. Not once did she remember needing to use her eraser as the story wrote itself. And the illustrations scattered throughout the book are contrasts between the ordinary and the ornate. The adventures of the seventh princess was just as Fairy Crustacea said "being ordinary will bring you more happiness."