Kaew the Playful (Thai: แก้วจอมแก่น) is a children's literature by Waen Kaew (Thai: แว่นแก้ว, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's pen name), the first published in 1978.

The novel is adapted from the author's own experience, it's the story of primary school girl Kaew and her friends.

[1][2] In 1982, Guo Xuanying (Chinese: 郭宣颖) was ready to begin translating the royal work of Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand, and invited Chen Bochui, a writer of children's literature, to make a preface to "The Brilliant and Wonderful Scroll" (闪光美妙的画卷), at the same time, Princess Sirindhorn herself also wrote the Chinese preface in the Chinese translation of the work.

[3] In August 1983, the Chinese translation of the work was called "顽皮透顶的盖珥", published by Juvenile and Children's Publishing House in Shanghai (少年儿童出版社), belong to the "Foreign Children's Literature Series" (外国儿童文学丛书).

5000 copies of the first edition were printed and the remaining 50 copies were handed over to Princess Sirindhorn.