If you have read my other reviews you will know that my two year old daughter is a proper little bookworm! One of her favourite characters is the Little Princess. For those of you who haven't come across Little Princess here is a little about her. The Little Princess stories follow a young princess (around three or four years old) and the many phases she goes through in life. The stories feature many issues, such as bad manners (she is a spoilt little madam), sibling rivalry and her goals.

Tony Ross is the genius behind this range of stories, and the first book "I Want My Potty" was originally published in 1986.

The book I am reviewing today is "I Don't Want To Go To Hospital". We start the story hearing Little Princess crying "Ooo, Oww, Ooo, my nose hurts!" After a visit to the Doctor she finds out she has a lump inside her nose and this prompts the General to say he will get it out while reaching for his sword! This terrifies Little Princess and she hides on a cupboard! The Doctor tells her she will have to go to hospital and as we hear in the title of the book, the Little Princess doesn't want to go to hospital!

The Doctor tells her she will get cards and sweets if she goes to hospital but she is having none of it and runs off to hide! The Queen and Prime Minister try to convince her that it is nice in hospital but again she hides and soon the whole Palace are searching for her. The Maid, Cook, Admiral and Gardener have no luck in finding her but the King comes across her hiding in a box in the attic. The next page shows Little Princess tied to her pram and being led to the hospital. Soon after the lump is taken out of her nose and she can soon go home all better.

When she is home, the Queen tells her that now she is better she can brush her teeth, comb her hair and even tidy her room. "NO!" cries the little princess and she states she now wants her tonsils out. When the Queen asks her why, she tells her she wants to go back to hospital because "They treated me like a Princess in there!"

I think these stories are brilliant for children as they show that even things that at first seem scary, aren't actually that bad in the end and can even be fun! The illustrations in the book are great and show the story really well, and they incorporate humour in there - the picture of her tied to her pram being taken to the hospital is a funny little picture.

On the back of the book it states that Tony Ross is a friend of Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool and all royalties from the sale of this book are donated to The Alder Hey Rocking Horse Appeal. I think this is even more reason to buy this fantastic book!

The price of the book is shown as £5.99 on the back cover, but I purchased them as a set from the Book People for £9.99 and that was for eight books so it was a real bargain. I would recommend the Little Princess range to all families and I don't think that it is just aimed at girls even though she is a princess, boys can certainly enjoy them too.

We just love these stories in our house so have to give them five out of five!

Thank you for reading my review :)