Quite a few fairy tales are centered on a princess, and this lovely anthology collects eleven favorites, notably "Cinderella," "Snow White," "Beauty and the Beast," "The Princess and the Pea," "Rumpelstiltskin," "Sleeping Beauty," "East of the Sun, West of the Moon," and "Twelve Dancing Princesses." Often spread over two pages, Gail de Marcken's watercolor and ink illustrations are extravagantly beautiful and detailed in the grand old tradition. Better still, each has a host of items concealed in it, prompting readers 4 to 8 to explore these sumptuous paintings as they look for hidden bears, dragons, a fiddle, a horn, and a gray mouse.