Pearl Power and the Toy Problem is the second book in the series, following on from Pearl Power. Pearl and Sebastian have become best friends, and they are on a mission to tackle stereotyping within children's toys. Girls are allowed to play with dinosaurs, boys are allowed to play with dolls. Pearl and Sebastian are here to spread the message.
The I Love Mel brand is the work of Mel Elliott a Hastings, UK based Artist, Writer, & Publisher. Known mostly for her contemporary colouring books Mel also designs and produces Paper Doll books & slogan pencils all with a celebrity culture theme.
Mel has also produced books for other publishers. Starting with the 1980´s Bumper Activity book, she then made Colour Me Swoooon and Colour Me Girl Crush which were published by London publisher Pavilion in the UK and Penguin books in the USA. Mel´s recent project for Pavilion is a more serious how to book of Artistic techniques called How to make Art.
In March 2016, Quercus published The David Bowie Colouring Book, a celebration of the great icon. Egmont published the first of the Pearl Power series, The Girl With Two Dads, in 2019.