When Princess Smartypants decides it would be lovely to have a baby there isn't much that can stand in her way - certainly not her aversion to Princes! Sure enough, a twist of fate brings hre just what she has been hoping for, but she soon realizes babies are an awful lot of trouble. Ages 5+.

Features various things that let off the stinkiest stinks and the strongest pongs.

The fifth title in Babette Cole's series of 'family dilemmas' deals with puberty. The text takes the form of a conversation between a small girl and her teddy bear, with Mr and Mrs Hormone responsible for the havoc wrought.

Doctor Dog, the Gumboyle family's favourite pet and trusty physician, is having rest on a tropical island. Until, that is, the Gumboyles turn up and need rescuing from a variety of nasty holiday ailments. Dr Dog uses herbal remedies to soothe mosquito bites and sunburn. But the Gumboyles have one problem that even Dr Dog can't solve.

When Dad puts Daisy to bed, he suggests 'If I were you ...I'd go to sleep.' So cheeky Daisy starts thinking about what things would really be like if she and Dad swapped around. She could feed Dad porridge while she ate chocolate fromage frais and wheel him past the neighbours all dressed in pink!

Princess Smartypants enjoys being a Ms, but because she is very pretty and rich, all the princes want her for their Mrs.

Lucretia Crum is a little monster with big, bad and very nasty habits. She wants a birthday party but all the really big monsters turn up and they're really, really bad.

Princess Smartypants enjoys being a Ms, but because she is very pretty and rich, all the princes want her for their Mrs.

Hairy hats and hairy feet ... Hair that doesn't smell too sweet! This book is crammed with every imaginable sort of hairiness, from hair on your head and hairy legs, hairy noses and hairy chests to smelly hair and itchy hair, hairy skirts and hairy shirts.

All Prince Cinders ever does is clean, scrub and tidy up after his three big, hairy brothers. Until one Saturday night, when a small, dirty fairy falls down a chimney, and promises that all his wishes will come true. A zany twist to the traditional Cinderella story.

This story introduces a lovable new dog character called Truelove. His nose is put out of joint by the arrival of a new baby in the house; so much so that he leaves home. However, he falls into bad company and is forced to return, shamefaced. But his owners are delighted to see him again.

Princess Smartypants enjoys being a Ms, but because she is very pretty and rich, all the princes want her for their Mrs.

Princess Smartypants enjoys being a Ms, but because she is very pretty and rich, all the princes want her for their Mrs.