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An enchanting fairy tale about three princesses with hearts made of glass, written and illustrated by Costa and Carnegie winning Sally Gardner.

In a faraway, magical kingdom of palaces built on water and secret gardens, there once lived three princesses whose hearts were made of glass. The first princess’s heart was broken. The second’s got cracked and could not be mended. But the third princess was lucky and her heart stayed whole.
This is the story of those three princesses; a tale of kindness, courage and happiness for everyone whose heart has ever been touched.

Our Review Panel says...

This is an enchanting fairytale about three princesses who were all born with fragile, easily broken, glass hearts. The first princess dies when her heart is broken after she falls in love with a Prince who sadly does not return her love. The second has her glass heart cracked by the perfect beauty of a rose. After the tragedies endured by their other daughters, the King and Queen were determined that their third daughter’s glass heart would remain perfect. But then the young princess fell in love . . . Will she be able to protect her glass heart?

Based on a German fairytale, retold and beautifully illustrated by Sally Gardner, this is a book that is sure to become a new favourite not only as a bedtime story but as a starting point for fairytale writing or as an engaging classroom read.

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