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Dotty Detective day two
introducing Dot Dot is a refreshing sort of heroine. She is mathsy and sporty, she can eat three super-sour apple sherbets at once, and... read more
Introducing Dotty Detective!
day one Only a few days to go now until the arrival of Dotty Detective, published by Harper Collins Children's Books on May 5th.... read more
Mango & Bambang Tapir All at Sea #5
PUBLICATION DAY! On World Book Day, too - the happiest of days! In Tapir All at Sea, most of all, there is Mango and there... read more
Mango & Bambang Tapir All at Sea #4
countdown gallery of drawings And in Tapir All at Sea there are spectacular journeys... read more
Mango & Bambang Tapir All at Sea #3
countdown gallery of drawings In Tapir All at Sea there not enough days in the week to wear ALL the hats... (not to... read more
Mango & Bambang Tapir All at Sea #2
countdown gallery of drawings In Tapir All at Sea there are old enemies... oh yes, CYNTHIA PRICKLE-POSSET IS BACK. read more
Mango & Bambang Tapir All at Sea #1
countdown gallery of drawings There are only five days to go until the publication of Tapir All at Sea, the second book in the... read more
January
Gosh I haven't been here for ages! *puts the hoover round, throws open the shutters* It's been a very busy month, working on not... read more
happy christmas!
This year Bambang is turning on the sunny side up Christmas lights. Put on your paper hat and join us for a nibble of... read more
Mango and Bambang 2
Tapir All at Sea So here it is - Merry Christmas! Except it isn't a Christmas book, I must impatiently wait until next March, but... read more
Dixie, Beryl, Beryl and Rosie
I think it is no longer a secret that the next Dixie O'Day story involves cycling. I've just looked through the artwork and totted... read more
Dixie and Percy’s spooky Halloween
In The Haunted House... A long passage lit by flickering candles... Dixie and Percy both had the very uncomfortable feeling that the eyes... read more
from my desk this week…
Trouble in paradise. Oh dear, poor Percy. Whatever's wrong? read more
news!
my very own young fiction series It's always A Sign when I buy a themed new notebook, pens and pencil case. I'm all about the... read more
The Islington Centre for refugees and migrants
This morning I received this letter from the author and illustrator Jane Ray. (more…) read more
Dixie and the Haunted House
spooky thrills for Halloween! Only ten days to go until publication! Your whiskers will be all-atremble when you open the pages of this latest Dixie... read more
happy publication day, Mango and Bambang!
And here they are, out in the world, at last. (more…) read more
to our new Bambang, made by Josie
how do I love thee? let me count the ways... (more…) read more
Mango and Bambang
only one week to go! Mango and Bambang The Not-a-Pig by Polly Faber and me, is published on September 3rd, one week today. The... read more
thank you from Mum
for your wonderful letters... Mum was so touched - and utterly amazed - to read the letters you so kindly wrote to her on the... read more
Bambang out and about
I do love a model village (well there's a surprise), so what better place could there be to take Bambang on his first ever... read more
off on my hols!
Packing my bucket and spade for a little holiday, featuring ice creams, paddling and banana pancakes... But just also to say, last night -... read more
my amazing mum
Shirley Hughes wins the Book Trust Lifetime Achievement Award Read the announcement from Book Trust here Read the lovely interview with Emily Drabble of... read more
WANTED!
showcasing two young artists... You may remember this, in Dixie and the Great Diamond Robbery - a call out for young artists to design... read more