The Princess and the Pea Prince Lionel and the princess dressed in the rags of a commoner. BARBARA McCLINTOCK grew up in Clinton, NJ and North Dakota. As a first grader, her sister played the princess in the musical version of The Princess and the Pea. Barbara is the award-winning creator of such children's books as Animal Fables from Aesop, The Fantastic Drawings of Danielle, and The Gingerbread Man. She now lives in New Canaan, CT, with her son, Larson, and their pets: a cat and a fish.