cover image Melisande

Melisande

Edith Nesbit, E. Nesbit. Candlewick Press (MA), $7.99 (48pp) ISBN 978-0-7636-0717-3

With elements of Rapunzel crossed with Gulliver's Travels, the story of Melisande features a princess, cursed with baldness by a bad fairy, who gets her wish to grow lots of hair--with a vengeance. Ages 5-up. (Apr.)