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Dr Perri Klass Editor

Marie Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece, is the author of a popular parenting blog and founder and creative director of Marie-Chantal, a leading international childrenswear brand. Born in London, and one of three sisters, she spent her early years in Hong Kong before attending schools in Switzerland and Paris. Her passion and aptitude for art and design then led her to New York City, where she studied both fields at the New York Academy of Arts and New York University. She married Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, in 1995, and they have five children. Dr. Perri Klass is a leading pediatrician and professor of journalism and pediatrics at New York University. She is also the national medical director of Reach Out and Read, a childhood literacy program in the US. A multi-award-winning author of numerous books on parenting and medicine, she writes a weekly column, The Checkup, for the New York Times science section. She has three children. Nicholas Child is a children’s book author and illustrator based in Cheshire, England. Creator of the home and lifestyle brand The Grumble & Co, he writes and illustrates children’s books and designs greetings cards and other products for various international brands.