Books by Valerie Wilding

The first ever picture book celebrating the Queen's childhood and early years. Fun, playful and colourful, this charming book is 'The Crown' for Kids

A funny and feminist non-fiction picture book celebrating 15 feisty queens from around the world and throughout history -with a foreword by historian and Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, Lucy Worsley

In 1939, on a royal tour of Dartmouth Naval College, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. Immediately they begin a correspondence, as war breaks out across Europe, where Philip is sent to serve in the Navy. Elizabeth convinces her father the King, despite his reservations, to allow her to sign up to the war effort and joins the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service. Serving her country, driving trucks and fixing cars, Elizabeth wonders, will she ever see her prince again...?

Cleopatra, the last pharoah of Egypt, is one of the most famous and powerful women in history. This narrative biography gets deep into the gripping and dramatic chain of events.