The Little Lame Prince

If any reader, big or little, should wonder whether there is a meaning in this story, deeper than that of an ordinary fairy tale, I will own that there is. But I have hidden it so carefully that the smaller people, and many larger folk, will never find it out, and meantime the book may be read straight on, like "Cinderella," or "Bluebeard," or "Hop-o'-my-thumb," for what interest it has, or what amusement it may bring.

The Little Lame Prince has long been considered a classic that parents read to children in bedtime installments. It is fairy-tale like, but longer than a typical fairy tale, with issues and layers of meaning best enjoyed by a child of any age.