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Babette Cole, anarchic creator of Princess Smartypants, dies at 67

Written By Unknown on Monday, January 16, 2017 | 7:45 AM

Flood of tributes to author and illustrator of ‘exuberant, heartfelt and very funny’ books is led by children’s laureate Chris Riddell

Babette Cole: How I Made James Rabbit and the Giggleberries – in pictures

The world of children’s publishing is in mourning after the death on Sunday of one of its brightest, most eccentric and anarchic characters, Babette Cole.

Children’s laureate Chris Riddell and Michael Rosen were among those to pay tribute to the author and illustrator, whose books include the 1986 classic of feminist fairytale revisionism, Princess Smartypants, which reimagined the archetypal girl heroine as a motorbiking tearaway.

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