Synopses & Reviews
Princess Lenore is ill from eating too many raspberry tarts. She believes that possessing the moon is the only thing that will cure her. Despite a command from the King, neither the Lord High Chamberlain nor the Royal Wizard nor the Royal Mathematician can get the moon for her. Only when the clever Court Jester consults the Princess herself is the problem solved--with characteristic Thurber wit.
Review
[Simont's] buoyant watercolors, full of poignancy and subtle merriment, more than do justice to Thurber's beloved tale.-Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
A wise tale of a little princess who wanted the moon and got it. and#8220;Grown-ups themselves will find the book hilariously funny. . . . The lovely, squiggly illustrations in color are exactly right.and#8221;--
The New Yorker