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Princess Smartypants and the Missing Princes
Babette Cole
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Description for Princess Smartypants and the Missing Princes
Paperback. It's 30 years since Princess Smartypants made her bestselling debut in picture books - here she is in her first full-length adventure. Series: Princess Smartypants. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 4KHJ; 5AH; YFC; YFQ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 130 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Princess Smartypants rules her kingdom of Totaloonia on her own - she certainly doesn't need the help of a silly Prince of a husband. However, she is always willing to help her friends, and agrees to host the engagement party of three would-be princesses. But the trouble starts when the princes fail to turn up to the party - they've gone missing. Princess Smartypants is determined to uncover the plot and rescue the princes. With the help of Eric, her friendly giant handyman, she sets off on a wacky adventure to track the princes' last moves. Can Princess Smartypants solve the case of the missing princes and get them to the chuch on time before her next case waits? Hold on to your tiaras; there's a rescue mission to solve and a riotous wedding to plan!
Product Details
Publisher
Hachette Children´s Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Princess Smartypants
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444929782
SKU
V9781444929782
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Babette Cole
Babette Cole was one of the world's best loved writers and illustrators of children's picture books. She created more than 150 picture books and her bestselling Doctor Dog has been adapted as a successful children's cartoon TV series. Famous for her wacky sense of humour, most of her work is comedy like The Smelly Book, The Hairy Book, The Slimy Book and The Silly Book. Babette Cole was born on Jersey in the British Channel Islands. She attended the Canterbury College of Art (now the University for the Creative Arts) and received a BA Honours first class with distinction in animation. She worked with Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate creating children's BBC TV programs such as Bagpuss. Her work has been widely televised on BBC's Jackanory, CBeebies and Channel 4.
Reviews for Princess Smartypants and the Missing Princes
For children beginning to read independently, this is an exciting adventure and the fact that they may already know the main character from picture books may encourage them to choose this.
Kathy Slater
Reading Zone - Teacher Review
It is packed full of humour and wit and was a real joy to read.
Lauren Maidman
Reading Zone - Teacher Review
A new generation of readers will appreciate her feisty and unconventional heroine, who popularised the 'twisted' fairytale so widely read and appreciated today
School Librarian
Featuring plenty of hilarious black and white illustrations, this will appeal to fans of the Princess' picture books who are ready for more complex plot
Book Trust
A girl-power must-read!
The School Run
Always a pleasure to dive into the world of Babette Cole's Princess Smartypants
The Herald (Glasgow)
if you loved these when younger you'll also enjoy this great next step to longer fiction.
The Independent online
Lovely line drawings embellish the pages and combine with the short chapters to make the book a great way to encourage readers who love her picture books to move on to full-length fiction
Parents in Touch
Kathy Slater
Reading Zone - Teacher Review
It is packed full of humour and wit and was a real joy to read.
Lauren Maidman
Reading Zone - Teacher Review
A new generation of readers will appreciate her feisty and unconventional heroine, who popularised the 'twisted' fairytale so widely read and appreciated today
School Librarian
Featuring plenty of hilarious black and white illustrations, this will appeal to fans of the Princess' picture books who are ready for more complex plot
Book Trust
A girl-power must-read!
The School Run
Always a pleasure to dive into the world of Babette Cole's Princess Smartypants
The Herald (Glasgow)
if you loved these when younger you'll also enjoy this great next step to longer fiction.
The Independent online
Lovely line drawings embellish the pages and combine with the short chapters to make the book a great way to encourage readers who love her picture books to move on to full-length fiction
Parents in Touch