When the Queen packs off Princess Smartypants to finishing school, it seems that our favourite royal might become a perfect princess after all . . . huh, no chance! Instead, Princess Smartypants makes her own school rules and teaches those other do-goody princesses just exactly how to have fun.

From her first published book in 1976, Babette Cole has reigned supreme among picture-book authors and illustrators. All her new books are publishing events and she has a huge following from children around the world. Her anarchic sense of humour and fun guarantee her sales, whether her books are about horses, motorbike-riding princesses or bad manners. Her books for Puffin include Princess Smartypants, Prince Cinders and Cupid. Babette lives in Dorset with her many horses.