Anastasia is a cockroach.  Fairy Brunhilda took pity on her when she overheard her complaining about looking for food in the garbage and turned her into a princess.  Life as a princess was not as pleasant, or as easy, as one would think.  Word got back to Brunhilda that Anastasia was not happy as a princess.  In a rage, Brunhilda cast another spell.  Happily back to being a carefree cockroach, Anastasia’s new home was in a humble house with delightful people.  When she watches confused Grandma Paula sprinkle ant poison instead of salt into the stew, she dove in head first.  The family was saved when Grandma saw the floating cockroach and threw the stew down the toilet.  Brunhilda appears again to give Anastasia a new life as a princess, which Anastasia emphatically declines.  Anastasia loves the untroubled life as a household cockroach, helping humans who need it.  After reading about Anastasia, one is certainly to see cockroaches in a different light!  The illustrations are whimsical, large, colorful, and fun.  The text includes many challenging, high-level words which may require having a dictionary close by (seneschals, doyenne, tristesse, octogenarian, repugnant, ingrate…) but the story is appealing none-the-less.