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\"GeorgeMy first picture book,\u00a0George and Sophie\u2019s Museum Adventure<\/em><\/a>, was published in 1999 by Orchard Books. I illustrated it too, and this led to further books with Orchard, such as\u00a0Ludwig and the Chocolate Biscuit Tree<\/em><\/a>, the story of a daft little badger who finds a chocolate digestive and decides to plant it like a seed. Don\u2019t try this at home, kids.<\/p>\n

\"TheThis was followed by a series of stories about a\u00a0noisy tiger called Clovis:\u00a0The Loudest Roar<\/a>,\u00a0The Biggest Splash\u00a0<\/a><\/em>and\u00a0The Noisiest Night<\/em><\/a>. These were published by Oxford University Press in the UK and Arthur Levine in the US. For a time there was even a little Clovis toy.<\/p>\n

\"Jacks<\/p>\n

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From 2006, repetitive strain issues in my hands led me to drop the illustration side of picture book creation, and concentrate on writing instead. My first picture book in rhyme,\u00a0Jack\u2019s Tractor<\/em><\/a>, was published by Hachette in 2009.\u00a0It was brilliantly illustrated by the talented John Kelly, and was shorlisted for the\u00a0Sheffield Children\u2019s Book Award<\/a>, 2010.\u00a0Click here to see the amazing David Hasselhof reading the book on CBeebies in 2013.<\/a><\/p>\n

Then I wrote a book for the very young called\u00a0Little Mouse and the Big Cupcake<\/em><\/a>. I\u2019ll leave you to guess what it\u2019s about. Illustrated by Jill Barton and published by Boxer Books, it is\u00a0also available in the US<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"TheMy latest picture book is\u00a0The Pets You Get\u00a0<\/em><\/a>\u2014 a crazy carnival of all the animals\u00a0you\u2019d never let your children keep at home. There\u2019s even a dragon! It\u2019s illustrated by the incomparable Adrian Reynolds, and was published by Andersen Press in September 2012. It won the\u00a0Stockport Schools\u2019 Book Award, 2013<\/a>\u00a0(early years category) and also the\u00a0Oldham Brilliant Books Award<\/a>.\u00a0Order it<\/a>\u00a0now and you\u2019ll never look at guinea pigs in the same way again.<\/p>\n

Early 2014 saw\u00a0Too Many Tickles<\/em><\/a>\u00a0finally reach the shelves through Macmillan Books. Charmingly illustrated by\u00a0Penny Dann<\/a>, it was\u00a0read on CBeebies by Lisa Riley in December 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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