We're very sad to hear that the renowned children's author and illustrator, Babette Cole, has died. Babette was born in Jersey and went on to have tremendous success in the literary world with such wonderful books as Doctor Dog, Princess Smartypants & Nungu and the Hippopotamus. We spoke to Babette many times over the years, so we thought we'd share this lovely little interview from our archives. It's from December 1977, just when she'd had her first book, 'Promise Solves the Problem', published