Published by Orion Children’s Books (May 2015) Samia’s dad is very important. Every Ramadan he wakes the whole village up in time for breakfast. But this year, things are differentContinue Reading
Illustrated by Chris Mould published by Nosy Crow and coming in the USA from Candlewick Press in October 2014 Who’s the grubbiest pirate on the high seas? Why, it’s CaptainContinue Reading
Illustrated by Sarah Dyer published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books Bear has lots of friends, but he doesn’t have a best friend. No matter how hard he looks, he just can’t find one. Until,Continue Reading
Illustrated by Emily Bolam published by Orion Children’s Books A first counting book in rhyme, which takes in weather and different baby animals all around the world. See how theContinue Reading
Illustrated by Peter Malone published by Orion Children’s Books Paulo the shepherd boy drives his family mad with his humming, so his grandfather gives him an old flute to distractContinue Reading
Illustrated by Selina Young A book of new rhymes, games and songs for 3-6 When the paperback of One Hungry Baby was published, I was asked to do a new version ofContinue Reading
A bedtime counting book for 2+ Illustrated by Sue Hellard This was my first-ever picture book, and it starts like this: “One hungry baby, two front teeth, three dribbly chinsContinue Reading
Illustrated by Emily Bolam A rhyming counting book for nursery school age all about going to school. How many children can you count? Published by Dorling Kindersley 2000 Now sadlyContinue Reading
Illustrated by Neal Layton Nigel (or Neil in the USA) can’t understand why numbers are so important. But then he gets a magic watch for his birthday and WHIZZ! BANG!Continue Reading
Illustrated by Patrick Yee Two pre-school lift-the-flap books about a little rabbit. Published 1996 by Orchard Books. Now out-of-print, but can sometimes be found in the Welsh edition in onlineContinue Reading
I like doing retellings. You can find some of my non-Greek and Celtic myth retellings, and also some of my original short stories in the books below. I have threeContinue Reading