Maiden & Princess is a 2019 picture book written in rhyming verse by Daniel Haack and Isabel Galupo and illustrated by Becca Human.
The work was launched on Lesbian Visibility Day and received positive reviews for its subversion of common fairy tale story beats and Human's artwork.
Guests at the ball, including the king and queen, encourage the maiden to dance with the prince but she panics and steals away to a balcony to get some air.
[1] Daniel Haack, the sole author of Prince & Knight coauthored Maiden & Princess with Isabel Galupo, a fellow alum of Ithaca College.
[1] Galupo, a queer woman, described feeling grateful that Haack reached out to her as someone "with lived experience relevant to the book's subject matter".
[10] Maggie Reagan's starred Booklist review referred to the work as an "openhearted fairy tale that gently affirms all kinds of love".
[5] Nell Beram, writing for The Horn Book Magazine, called the story's rhymes "indifferent to meter" in an otherwise positive review.
[11] In School Library Journal, Elaine Fultz called Maiden & Princess an "earnest love story" and praised the "vibrant, colorful costumes, makeup, and hairstyles of the characters as well as the opulent castle ballrooms" as illustrated by Human.
[9] Publishers Weekly also described Human's "diverse villagers in lavish, jewel-toned gowns and dramatic headpieces" which they felt brought "a sense of opulence to the pages".