I have a new novelty book coming out in the UK today! Spooky Street is illustrated by Ingela P Arrhenius and published by Nosy Crow. The US edition, called Halloween
Next Thursday, the 3rd of September will be 25th anniversary of the publication of Bringing Down the Moon, the picture book illustrated by Vanessa Cabban and published by Walker Books. The
I have a new novelty book coming out in the UK today! One Dog, Two Dogs is a rhyming, lift-the-flap, pop-up, counting book, illustrated by Rob Hodgson and published by
I have a new book out in paperback in the UK! Great Dinosaur Mistakes is my third book co-written with palaeontologist Adam Smith, and the second book Adam and I
I’ve just received the July 2024 – June 2025 UK library loans figures for my books, courtesy of the Public Lending Right (PLR) scheme. My top 5 most borrowed books
I have a new picture book out in paperback in the UK and hardcover in the US! Monster Makeovers is a Halloween rhyming story, illustrated by Rae Minos and published
I have a new novelty book coming out in the UK today! One Cat, Two Cats is a rhyming, lift-the-flap, pop-up, counting book, illustrated by Rob Hodgson and published by
I received a series of emails yesterday which I now know to be AI generated and suspect to be part of a phishing scam, so I’m flagging them up here
I’ve just received the July 2023 – June 2024 UK library loans figures for my books, courtesy of the Public Lending Right (PLR) scheme. My top 5 most borrowed books
This quiz is a modified version of a quiz that was originally published on Picture Book Den in 2017. Following on from last week’s quiz, here’s another set of picture
This quiz was originally published on Picture Book Den in 2018. When I was a child, part of the excitement of the run-up to Christmas was shaking and squeezing the
I’m delighted to report that The Tyrannosaur’s Feathers, written by me and Dr Adam S. Smith, illustrated by Stieven Van der Poorten and published by UCLan Publishing won the “Children’s Book
AUTHORS BEWARE! If you receive a flattering email about your book, it may be written by an AI 
The Transformation of T. rex 
25 Years of BRINGING DOWN THE MOON 
“The Library for Boys and Girls” – Nottingham’s Pioneering 19th Century Children’s Lending Library 
THE BOOK FAMILY ROBINSON was my most borrowed book from UK libraries for the third year running 
SPOOKY STREET / HALLOWEEN STREET • New UK & US Novelty Book 
SANTA SABOTEURS: Download and play a festive version of the WEREWOLF card game. 
THE TYRANNOSAUR’S FEATHERS wins at The Week Junior Book Awards Dispatch & Delivery
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