The Potato Princess

by Wicked Gilly, Paula Pang (Illustrator)

If you are sick and tired of pink and princesses — or even if you’d just like your little girl to look at the alternative options for self-expression — here’s another children’s picture book with a message from the subversive Wicked Gilly. The prince is holding a fancy dress ball, and all the girls are going as princesses and fairies. All except the independently minded Sally, who wants to be different. “I’ll be a potato, Sally decided, My dress will be lumpy, brown and lopsided. I’ll be a potato! There’ll only be one, I’d rather be different, I think it’s more fun.” Wicked Gilly’s previous publications I Hate Peas (now in its second edition), Nelly Catches a Cold, Chocolate Bunny and Frank the Frog. All proceeds go to the Tabitha Foundation, a charity that helps to uplift the poorest of poor in Cambodia out of poverty. Verne Maree, Expat Living, Singapore All rights reserved.

26 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2014