Real And Not-So-Real Princesses

There is no getting away from it: the title Twice Upon a Time must be one of the best things that happened to children’s literature in a long time. Together with the inspired illustrations, funny and fecund, the title promises a romp that evoked, in this reviewer, dusty memories of settling down with a book in a quiet corner of the summer vacation, and surrendering to the bliss of being swept away. Payal Kapadia is the winner of the 2013 Crossword Book Award for Children’s Writing and the illustrator Sandhya Prabhat has received considerable praise as well, and therefore it was with happy anticipation that I sat down to read this little book.