A sparkling, rainbow-filled story about true beauty coming from within.

Princess Pippa’s favorite color is glitter shimmer rainbow—the color of her sparkling crown! It’s clearly the most beautiful, so why don’t her beloved and glamorous older sisters agree? The sassy Pippa decides to show them she’s right, but with her sisters’ help she learns what makes her beautiful isn’t what shines on the outside. Then Pippa hatches a new, even brighter plan…

Based on real conversations between Heidi, Kate, and Elizabeth Blair during Elizabeth’s journey through childhood cancer, this story celebrates supporting others and spreading beauty through kindness. All proceeds go to childhood cancer programs and research.

Heidi, Kate, and Elizabeth Blair wrote Princess Pippa & the Crown of Kindness together. The Blair girls love wearing glittering dresses, performing on shimmering stages, making rainbow-filled art, and most of all, passionately advocating for curing childhood cancer. The story is inspired by real details of their lives and conversations during Elizabeth’s journey through childhood cancer. Visit thecrownofkindness.com to learn more about how they #ShareAHeartOfGold.

Kelly Mengarelli graduated from Northern Arizona University with a degree in entrepreneurship and turned her dreams of becoming a full-time artist into a reality. She is also the illustrator of Above the Clouds: What Really Happens in Heaven During a Thunderstorm! A self-taught artist with no formal training, Kelly has the natural ability to make imagination come to life in the most whimsical way. She loves to add hidden details into every page so that story time becomes a more magical and interactive experience. Kelly lives in Arizona with her husband, where they both enjoy the outdoors, desert landscape, and spending time with family. Find her online under her nickname, “The Artsy Blonde.”

In 2011, just a month after Elizabeth’s 5th birthday, she was was diagnosed with Stage IV Non-Hodgkins Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. Her family and community banded together to help Elizabeth with all their strength, and Elizabeth is now cancer free! The Blair family have remained passionate advocates for curing childhood cancer and supporting patients ever since.

Sometimes that means promoting awareness from on stage, like Kate in her work as Miss Maricopa County’s Outstanding Teen to share a heart of gold and raise a voice for childhood cancer and Elizabeth as the ambassador for Hyundai Hope on Wheels. Sometimes it means the whole family does craft projects at the children’s hospital for the kids! Princess Pippa & the Crown of Kindness is full of references to details of the girls’ passions, but there is one story in particular that prompted this book…

“Do you know what makes you beautiful?”

Once upon a time, while Elizabeth was going through chemotherapy, Heidi asked her this question. The answer, Elizabeth was shocked to learn, is not lipstick! You can read more of the background behind this conversation here.