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    Do Not Panic the Pixies
    Do Not Panic the Pixies
    Do Not Panic the Pixies
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    Do Not Panic the Pixies

    By Michelle Robinson and Sharon Davey

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    This cheeky and chucklesome illustrated young fiction series stars Grace, the intrepid princess-knight! From Laugh Out Loud Book Award-winning author Michelle Robinson and featuring illustrations by Sharon Davey

    Join princess-knight Grace on her latest epic adventure!

    Watch out, WONDERMERE – QUESTIVAL IS HERE! It's time for a FANTASTICALLY FUN weekend of camping and competing in quests. The big question is: who will get the prized GOLDEN PLUME? Giant Mondo Colossa looks hard to beat. Even the pixies are singing her praises and they ALMOST ALWAYS predict the winner.

    But that's COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY FINE. After all, winning isn't everything. Unless your name is Princess Grace …

    Discover the cheeky, charming, side-splitting young fiction series from bestselling and Laugh Out Loud Book Award-winning author Michelle Robinson. Chockful of chuckles (and grumpy unicorns), it's perfect for fans of Cressida Cowell, Pamela Butchart and The Worst Witch. Featuring hilarious black-and-white illustrations by Sharon Davey.

    Have you read all of the books in the series?

    DO NOT DISTURB THE DRAGONS
    DO NOT MESS WITH THE MERMAIDS
    DO NOT PANIC THE PIXIES
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateJul 6, 2023
    ISBN9781408894934
    Author

    Michelle Robinson

    Michelle Robinson has written numerous picture book texts published in the UK and/or the US. She hoards cardboard, foil, and plastic bottle caps so her children can build their own robots and other creations. Her book There's a Lion in My Cornflakes won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award for Best Picture Book in 2014. She lives in England with her family.

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      Do Not Panic the Pixies - Michelle Robinson

      Books by Michelle Robinson

      Do Not Disturb the Dragons

      Do Not Mess with the Mermaids

      Do Not Panic the Pixies

      For Hannah

      – MR

      To Neve and Alex, always

      – SD

      1. DO NOT forget your Under-Wonders

      2. DO NOT doubt the pixies

      3. DO NOT use your mallet as a hammer

      4. DO NOT count your dragons before they hatch

      5. DO NOT be a big, snooty show-off

      6. DO NOT be a bad sport

      7. NEVER wang a giant welly

      8. DO NOT give up

      9. DO NOT trust a farting knight

      10. DO NOT trash your own tent

      11. ALWAYS share your problems

      12. DO NOT panic the pixies

      13. DO NOT invent giant slugs

      14. DO NOT alert the leaders

      15. NEVER lie to your parents

      16. DO NOT lead your friends astray

      17. DO NOT cross Chief Colossa

      18. ALWAYS follow the leader

      19. ALWAYS provide a perch for a pixie

      20. EVERYONE is welcome at Questival

      21. Golden Wonders

      1

      DO NOT FORGET YOUR UNDER-WONDERS

      The dragons were unlikely to get any rest today, no matter how badly they needed it.

      They’d spent the whole night flying, covering the length and breadth of the realm in search of glittering gemstones. But even now – tucked in their nests on the turrets of Wondermere Castle, the sun warming their scales – they couldn’t get to sleep.

      They wriggled and they shifted. They tossed and they turned. They buried their heads beneath their wings. It was no use. There was simply too much noise coming from the courtyard below.

      The castle was bustling with young knights preparing for Questival. They clattered across the cobbles, loading up their unicorns with backpacks, sleeping bags, saucepans and rolled-up tents.

      Questival was every young knight’s first taste of questing in the great outdoors. For one wonderful weekend, they could camp under the stars and try out skills like Grace Wonder couldn’t wait to get stuck in.

      shield-wielding,

      axe-throwing,

      maze-solving

      and flame-dodging.

      ‘Can you believe we’re actually going?’ Grace said to her sister, Princess Portia. ‘It’s so cool that everyone’s invited!’

      ‘I thought Dad would never agree to let girls join in,’ said Portia. ‘Let alone everyone else as well.’

      Portia was busy tying her sleeping bag to Sprinkles’s saddle. Her beautifully turned-out unicorn stood perfectly still while she tightened the buckles and straps. ‘I hope we get enough time to try all the different challenges,’ she said.

      ‘I hope we have enough time to do them twice,’ Grace said. ‘Although if Poop gets his way, I won’t be doing any at all …’

      Her bad-tempered unicorn was in no mood to go camping. He refused to stand still, bucked off the pillow she’d managed to tie to his saddle, then deliberately trod on her foot.

      Grace wasn’t bothered. She knew just how to get him to behave. ‘I do hope Poop stays here all weekend,’ she said, deliberately ignoring him. ‘It will really annoy me if he comes along.’

      Poop’s ears pricked and a mischievous look lit up his face. He picked up Grace’s backpack in his teeth and stomped his hoof on the cobbles, suddenly eager to get going.

      Grace grinned. ‘Let’s try and get there early,’ she said to Portia. ‘I want to do my favourite quests at least three times!’

      ‘Now, now, girls,’ said Taffy Trafalgar, the girls’ tutor, waddling towards them. The old troll wagged a furry finger at Grace. ‘It’s not about how many quests you undertake, it’s about how well you perform them!’

      ‘Quite right, Taffy,’ said King Wonder, following close behind.

      The girls’ father was still wearing his robe and pyjamas, sipping hot chocolate from a mug emblazoned, REALM’S BEST DAD. ‘Questival is always a big deal, and this year it’s more important than ever,’ he said, casting a proud eye over the bustling courtyard.

      ‘The first-ever open-to-all Questival,’ said Taffy, hopping excitedly from one rabbity foot to another. ‘Now, every young knight, goblin and boggart can try their hand at questing!’

      ‘With more people learning more skills, Wondermere will be stronger than ever,’ the king agreed.

      ‘Right,’ said Grace absent-mindedly. In truth, she was worrying about Dennis. She couldn’t wait to go camping; she only wished she didn’t have to leave her baby dragon behind.

      Grace had recently rescued his egg from the bottom of the castle moat. She’d taken care of him after he hatched, before returning him to the safety of his parents’ nest. Since then, Dennis had visited Grace every day. They’d formed an unbreakable bond.

      Grace’s imp friend, Bram Bramwell, was in the moat with Dennis right now, playing fetch with the cheeky little dragon. Bram had turned himself into an oversized rubber duck for the occasion, the better to cope with Dennis’s enthusiastic splashing.

      ‘I hope he’ll be all right,’ Grace said quietly.

      ‘Which one?’ Taffy chuckled. ‘The dragon or the duck?’

      ‘They’ll both be fine,’ said Portia firmly, giving her sister a quick hug. ‘We’re only away for two nights. Besides, they’re both having a great time.’

      The imp waved a rubber wing at the girls and smiled broadly, before – CLAP! – turning himself into a canoe.

      ‘Bram and Dennis will be just dandy,’ said King Wonder. ‘But who’ll look after you? It feels like only yesterday you were tiny tots. Climbing the turrets, sliding down bannisters, swinging from the chandeliers …’

      ‘We did do all of that yesterday,’ Grace laughed. Her father’s eyebrows shot up in concern.

      ‘I could always go with them, sire?’ Taffy suggested. ‘I daresay Ross Rigglebottom and his team of

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