ONE CAT, TWO CATS • New UK Novelty Book
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
14 August 2025
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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
The US edition of Number Train, my lift the flap concertina book illustrated by Ingela P Arrhenius, is published by Nosy Crow today. Like my first two books with Ingela, Alphabet
When I first started working as a children’s author twenty five years ago, I only knew of one other person in my home county of Nottinghamshire who also worked in
Number Train, which came out last week, is the SEVENTIETH book I’ve had published. So I thought I’d mark the occasion by making this video showing the covers of all
I have a new novelty book coming out in the UK today! Number Train is illustrated by Ingela P Arrhenius and published by Nosy Crow. Like my first two books
The Transformation of T. rex 
AUTHORS BEWARE! If you receive a flattering email about your book, it may be written by an AI 
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THE TYRANNOSAUR’S FEATHERS • New UK Picture Book 
How the “Pug Fish” got its Name 
“The Library for Boys and Girls” – Nottingham’s Pioneering 19th Century Children’s Lending Library 
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NUMBER TRAIN • New US Edition Dispatch & Delivery
Books will be sent by Evri and should take 2–4 working days to arrive after dispatch. I’m generally able to dispatch orders within two working days of receiving them, but if I’m away from home, books will not be signed and dispatched until my return. If you place an order while I’m away for more than a week, you should receive an email telling you when the order will be dispatched and giving you the option to cancel and receive a full refund.