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Babette Cole

No More Princess Smartypants: Obituary for Children’s Book Writer Babette Cole

14. March 2017Gesa StedmanObituaryBabette Cole, children's books, obituary

The creator of Princess Smartypants, Babette Cole, has died aged 67, following complications after a collapsed lung. Known and beloved by everyone whose sense of humour is a little whacky, and by children and parents who prefer their reading irreverent and subversive, she will be sorely missed. In particular her […] Read more

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