a wee bit about me...
Hello. Sorry for this rather basic web page but a proper website with a lot more stuff and nonsense is in the pipeline, on the drawing board, at the menders, on the cards and coming soon. Meanwhile here are some of my highlights...
Born in a hospital. Brought up in Brighton. Learnt to colour-in in Eastbourne. Worked in graphic design. Worked in Brighton, London, Manchester and Yorkshire Hills. Worked for myself. Met Philippa somewhere along the way. Had two children. Had the mid life crisis. Bought my first guitar. Got the urge to create a children's book. Got an agent. Got a book deal. Got another book deal. Got this far.
Got to go. Bye for now.
picture books by me...
My first two picture books will be on a bookshelf or computer screen near you sometime in 2011. Now's your chance to get your orders in before the rush!
Millicent and Meer
One day, Millicent is busy making sandcastles in her garden when, THUMP, a big wooden box lands beside her. Inside, Millicent finds the most unexpected new friend. Who can he be and where has he come from? Find out in this fabulously funny book about the friendship between a feisty little girl and a sparky, adorable little meerkat.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
Hardcover: 32 pages
ISBN-10: 1847385788
ISBN-13: 978-1847385789
This book belongs to Aye-Aye
Aye-Aye has just joined Miss Deer's Academy for Aspiring Picture-Book Animals. His classmates all look rather more conventionally cute and fluffy than he does. They are the sorts of animals you'd expect to find in a picture book. But Aye-Aye would love to be in a picture book - it's his absolute dream. His naturally kind and cheerful disposition endears him to the other animals, except the rather mean Rabbit Twins. When Miss Deer announces a class competition to find the most helpful animal with the promise of a special prize, Aye-Aye wonders if it might even be the fulfilment of his dream. But skulduggery is afoot. The Rabbit Twins want the prize for themselves and they're prepared to use all sorts of dastardly means to improve their chances of winning. As the plot unfolds, their deceitful ways in fact do the opposite as, each time, they act as the stimulus for Aye-Aye's kindness to shine through. So will Aye-Aye be the winner? And will the prize turn out to be just what he's always dreamed of? All will be revealed in this story about being hopeful, being helpful, and, above all, being yourself.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Hardcover: 32 pages
ISBN-10: 0192756192
ISBN-13: 978-0192756190
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