I’m delighted to tell you all that the third book of my Princess Rules series is out today, and is once again illustrated beautifully by Chris Chatterton.

This is a series with characters who break the fairytale land “rules" for princesses and choose to give up the “permits” for princes. In this book, The Mammoth Adventure, Princess Florizella (who carries a dagger in her boot) embarks on another round of adventures with her best friend, Prince Bennett, and her little brother, Courier. This time, they will encounter sea serpents and pirates - and the worst fairy-godmother there ever was, who shows us why, in a fairytale world, you really do have to be careful what you wish for!

"The queen exchanged a glance with Florizella. A Sea Serpent’s job was to eat a princess unless her prince arrived first to save her. Those were the old Princess Rules that prevented girls from doing anything interesting, or even defending themselves. The queen had nearly been eaten by the Sea Serpent not just once, but twice. It was only Florizella refusing to obey the Princess Rules, and Courier and Prince Bennett giving up the Prince Permit that meant girls could not be picked on ever again. Not by Sea Serpents, not by anyone.

‘This is as bad as being eaten,’ the queen said, flinching at the thunder of the Mammoth’s celebration dance as he reached the castle gatehouse once again.

‘It can’t be,’ Courier said reasonably. ‘This is disturbance. Not digestion.’ "

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