Here is story from ‘The Practical Princess and other Liberating Fairy Tales’ by Jay Williams. This story is about a girl called Prudence, who wasn’t pretty but felt good about who she was.

Click on the image below to find out about her adventures whilst trying to make her own way in the world with a special, silver, magic whistle.

The Practical Princess and other Liberating Fairy Tales is a collection of six short stories:
The Practical Princess
Stupid Marco
The Silver Whistle
Forgetful Fred
Petronella
Philbert the Fearful

Written by Jay Williams, first published in 1978 by Parents’ Magazine Press, New York. My edition was published by The Bodley Head Ltd, 1985 in Great Britain and illustrated by Rick Schreiter.

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