ONE DOG, TWO DOGS • New UK Novelty Book
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
13 August 2026
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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
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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
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ONE DOG, TWO DOGS • New UK Novelty Book 
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20 Years of BRINGING DOWN THE MOON 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.