I Want My Pacifier

My Little Princess

by Tony Ross

The little princess is not ready to give up her pacifier, even though grownups have told her she is too old for it, and it continually vanishes.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

24 pages, Paperback

First published February 22, 2001

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

Tony Ross is a British illustrator and author of children's picture books. He was a student at the Liverpool School of Art and Design. Ross has had quite a few occupations, such as cartoonist, graphic designer, art director at an advertising agency, senior lecturer in art and head of the illustration course at Manchester Polytechnic.
Ross won the 1986 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, picture books category, for Ich komm dich holen!, (I'm coming to get you! - Andersen, 1984. He was runner-up for the 1990 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject, for Dr. Xargle's book of Earth Tiggers.

Meet the illustrator
What is your favourite animal?
A cat
What is your favourite boy’s name?
Bill
What is your favourite girl’s name?
Roxanne
What is your favourite food?
Lobster
What is your favourite music?
Irish
What is your favourite hobby?
Sailing

Reviews

[Maria]

The little Princess's dummy keep on disappearing. She finds it in the very strangest of place... up the chimney, under the dog, in the dustbin. But everyone in the palaces say she is grown up for a dummy.
This book is very childish but fun.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

The little princess is up to her stubbornness again. This time over a pacifier. everyone is trying to convince her to get rid of it and it keeps disappearing but she won't be deterred. Will she ever give it up? Cute ending. Toddler and up

[Bell · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love watching Lille prinsesse and this book perfectly captures the shenanigans and humor I so thoroughly enjoy. It's a light hearted, quick read that cheered me up.

[Olivia Fraser · Rating 5 out of 5]

Teaches beginners how to read

[Karishma]

A story from the Little Princess Collection of books, describing the Princess’s search for her ever-disappearing dummy. Everyone thinks she has ‘grown out’ of it but will she ever be willing to get rid of it for good?

Great starter book for Early Years children as the majority of each page is taken up by large, child-like illustrations. The colours are bright and bold, and the story can be deciphered by observing the happenings of the pictures. Each page has at most two short and simply structured sentences that are easy to word out phonetically.

Ideal for reading on a one-on-one basis or individually. I would not recommend it for a classroom read as the discussion and thought provoking elements within it are limited.

[Huda Fel · Rating 5 out of 5]

kids are so funny when it comes to their dummies (;