Mistaken for Own Murderer: In "Can I Keep It?", Taddy grows into a frog and the next morning, Princess thinks that "a horrible animal has eaten Taddy and it's still in the bowl!". New Baby Episode: In "I Want a Sister", the Princess learns that the Queen is pregnant. She wants a sister, because she thinks brothers are smelly, but when she gets a brother, she thinks he's a cute baby. The Maid screams in "I Don't Want to Go to Bed", when she wakes up and finds the Princess not in her bed, due to thinking that the monster the Princess mentioned earlier had taken her.

Scary Shadow Fakeout: The Princess thinks she sees the shadow of a monster in "I Don't Want to Go to Bed" but it turns out to just be that of a tree.

Elvis Impersonator: The Prime Minister's costume in "I Want to Dress Up" is this, complete with an awful attempt at "All Shook Up." Speaking of the very familiar inspiration behind Little Princess, Tony Ross has said, “Cleanliness was secondary to enjoyment of life for my daughter, and for Little Princess. When she wasborn, my little daughter Alex was Little Princess. She behaved like her, even looked like her, although shehates to be reminded of that, now she is in her forties. So, I was simply drawing what I knew, and loved.” Puss is a cat. Cats are sometimes called "puss" and variations of that word, as in "Who's a lovely puss-cat?" and "Here, puss, puss, puss".

Read ATY 2022: book relate to Tarot card (empress: features royalty so conencted to name and features a mother so connected to symbolism) In 2020 Tony Ross’ creation helped children and families through the COVID19 pandemic, in I Don’t Wantto Wash My Hands, first published in 2001, Little Princess learns all about the hidden, invisible nasties thatcan cause illnesses that live on our hands, and how the simple act of washing those hands removes them;there couldn’t be a more prescient message! Inelegant Blubbering: Whenever the Princess or her baby cousin cries, they'll usually be sobbing and have loud, impeded speech, although occasionally, the Princess cries silently when she's in a more sulky mood. Bad Mood Retreat: Downplayed for the tree in the yard. The Princess often climbs there to sulk, but it's not her only sulking place and she doesn't exclusively go there to sulk.Miss 3 and I like to explore different books and authors at the library, sometimes around particular topics or themes. We try to get different ones out every week or so; it's fun for both of us to have the variety and to look at a mix of new & favourite authors.