It s the first day of the summer holidays and Pistachio Shoelace has big plans. Plans that involve a compass, a cave, and a buried treasure. Plans that do not involve a troublemaking little sister wearing bunny ears and a Superman cape. Forced to take baby Penny to the park, Pistachio prepares for a dull day. But between fruit thefts, a witch s garden, and an angry park warden with a rulebook, a day with Penny is anything but boring. Marie-Louise Gay s engaging Princess Pistachio returns in her second book for early readers. Winningly translated from French by Gay s son Jacob Homel and illustrated throughout with Gay s distinctive, brightly-coloured art, Princess Pistachio and the Pest will charm young princesses and Super-Bunnies everywhere."