Full of lively illustrations, this is an entertaining story about three princesses, each with a special talent but each of whom wants to be good at everything! Princess Allie can bake, Princess Mellie can garden and Princess Libby can build. They are all very good at what they do, but when they each try another job, everything goes very wrong indeed. Luckily, they all realise that it is best to stick to what you are good at!
These aren't the kind of princesses who sit around doing nothing - they're very busy every day... gardening, baking and making things. But one day, one of the princesses wants a change from her job - she wants to bake. After all, she's good at everything. But soon the princesses learn that specialisation is itself a skill and, actually, being a jack of all trades isn't quite as good as being a master of one. A fresh and jaunty picture book featuring three high-spirited princesses and their trusty housekeeper, Mrs Blue.
Kate Lum lives in Canada. She is the author of Princesses Are Not Quitters and What! published by Bloomsbury in July 2008.
Sue Hellard lives in London and has illustrated many wonderful books for children. Princesses are not Quitters was her first book for Bloomsbury. She is the illustrator of My Grandson is a Genius, written by Giles Andreae.
Sue says, 'I live in North London with an Abyssinian cat and four guinea pigs, who have a bespoke four storey hutch on wheels and run around my feet during the day when I’m working. The cat is named Sushi (I like Japanese food). The guinea pigs are all named after artists: Warhol, Morandi, Jackson and Rembrandt. I’m single and don’t have any children. I’m completely in love with my allotment (in Highgate) and my idea would be to live in a shed up there because it has the attraction of the countryside but with decent cappuccino five minutes away! I have a degree in Graphics.
The Princesses are not Quitters artwork was inspired by a 1960s hairdressers sign over a local shop — a very high hairdo on a letraset sort of woman.
