Ross won the 1986 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, picture books category, for Ich komm dich holen!, ( I'm coming to get you! - Andersen, 1984. He was runner-up for the 1990 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject, for Dr. Xargle's book of Earth Tiggers. Pet Dress-Up: In “I Want a Boyfriend!”, the Princess puts baby bonnets on the pets for a game of house, making them scowl. Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: In "I Want My Dinner!", the Princess brazenly tells a large monster off for not saying, "please" or "thank you". Little Princess lives in the Kingdom along with her family and friends, Maid, General, Admiral, Gardener, Prime Minister, Chef, Puss and Scruff plus many more characters.

In “I Want My Dinner!”, everyone says, “Say please”, and when the Princess gets what she wants, she says, “Lovely”. Puss is mostly a regular animal, but sometimes can be seen making humanlike gestures or holding objects. The same applies to Scruff the dog. In “I Want TWO Birthdays!”, one of the things the Princess misses about having “unbirthdays” when it gets to be her birthday every day is getting dirty. The book "I Want My Potty" has the Princess saying the title a lot but it also has "the potty's the place", which highlights the fact that it's about her learning to use the potty.

Happy Dance: In “I Want a Bunny!”, the Princess dances with joy upon learning that she can have the bunny she wants. True to the spirit of Tony Ross’s original picture books, the positive message delivered with each story is wrapped up with humour and surprise. I’ve known nothing like Covid. It’s awful. I feel more uncomfortable about Covid than ever I did about Hitler. I feel thankful I had 80-odd years of life without it, and I feel sorry for people being born into a world with this disease in it. Getting to know the Kingdom Little Princess is based on the best-selling children’s books by award winning author/illustrator Tony Ross.

Tempting Fate: In “I Want My Dummy!”, the Princess says she’ll never lose her dummy (pacifier) again, only for the Queen to take it again. Technicolor Science: In “I Want to Win!”, the Princess and a boy named Darren try to do chemistry using multicoloured liquids. Fiendish Fish: In “I Want a Bedtime Story!”, the Admiral tells a story about a threatening, giant fish. In 1986 Ross won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, picture books category, for Ich komm dich holen!, the German-language edition of I'm coming to get you! (Andersen, 1984). For the third Dr. Xargle book with Willis, Dr. Xargle's book of Earth Tiggers, about cats, he was a highly commended runner-up for the 1990 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. [4] [a]

Back to Grown-ups

I wasn’t at all like Horrid Henry when I was a boy. I was only naughty when I thought I could get away with it. Living Toys: Though not normally alive, Gilbert is shown as alive in “I Want My Light On!”, and in “I Want My Potty”, another teddy bear moves on its own. Neat Freak: In “I Want to Go Home”, the Duchess of Somewhereorother vacuums the lawn every day and doesn’t want cake crumbs dropped on it. Monstrous Germs: “I Don’t Want to Wash My Hands” has illustrations of germs with faces and features like horns, bat wings, and devils’ tails. Annoyingly Repetitive Child: In “I Want a Bedtime Story!”, the Princess annoys the adult residents of the castle (except the King, who’s away) by demanding more and more bedtime stories.

No, You: In “I Want a Boyfriend!”, during the Princess and Donald’s “breakup”, Donald says flowers are boring, and the Princess replies, “So are you!”. Rhyme Theme Naming: The book "I Want to Make a Friend" features three mean kids: two girls and a boy. The girls are named Molly and Polly.I would hate to be remembered as a total shit. I’d like people to say, “Oh, it’s a pity he’s gone. He was fantastic.” Real After All: In "I Want My Light On", the adults insist that ghosts don't exist, but at the end, two ghosts are seen at the top of the castle.