The Princess and the Wizard - Tapa dura

"The princess may try seven times to escape By changing her colour and changing her shape." But each time Princess Camellia changes - into a blue fish, a yellow chick, a red fox or a black cat - the wicked wizard finds her and sets her another horrible task. Will this plucky princess be able to outwit him and escape back to the palace in time to cut her birthday cake?

Julia Donaldson is one of the UK's most popular children's authors, and has enjoyed particular success in her collaborations with Axel Scheffler. Their award-winning books include the modern classic THE GRUFFALO (0 333 71093 2) and its sequel, 2005's Best Children's Book, THE GRUFFALO'S CHILD (1 405 02046 6). Julia is also the author of the young fiction series, PRINCESS MIRROR-BELLE, and is much in demand for her brilliant events for children at schools, libraries and literary festivals. Lydia Monks is an award-winning and highly original picture book artist, and her brilliantly coloured collage images have earned her a strong following. In addition to her previous collaboration with Julia Donaldson, SHARING A SHELL (1 405 02048 2), Lydia's other work for Macmillan includes THE SKIPPING ROPE SNAKE (0 333 99327 6) and QUEEN MUNCH AND QUEEN NIBBLE (1 405 00795 8).