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FICTION
Princess Minna series
Kirsty Applebaum • Illustrated by Sahar Haghgoo
• Nosy Crow’s first full-colour fiction for 4-5-year-olds • Perfect for moving on from picture books without
giving up colour illustration
• Kirsty Applebaum’s books for 9+ readers have sold in 9 territories
• Sahar Haghgoo is a really exciting new illustrator with a fresh, original style
Princess Minna is very good at lots of things. She is good at taming unicorns, kissing frogs, and fighting dragons. Princess Minna always saves the day, though she is often in great peril and gets very grubby. This series has a fresh and funny take on what a princess should be and who is allowed to have adventures. Turns out, it’s everyone!
• Full-colour
• Unconventional princess
• Funny
Age: 4+ • Price: £5.99
Extent: 192pp • Word count: 2,500 Format: B-format paperback
After studying an MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University, Kirsty Applebaum went on to win the United Agents Prize for Most Promising Writing for Young People. Her debut novel The Middler received widespread critical acclaim and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2020.
