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NEW RELEASES - 2023/24

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Picture Books

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How Big is Too Small? (illustrated by Andrew Joyner) May 2015 How Big is Too Small? I wrote the text for How Big is Too Small? several years ago.   I always wanted Andrew Joyner to illustrate it, but it took a few years for that to ha

Starting School (illustrated by Anna Walker) September 2013 Starting School When my daughter Lizzie was in prep (in 1988!), I made a book with her and her friends.   It was all about starting school.   We talked about different as

Today We Have No Plans (illustrated by Anna Walker) 2012 Today We Have No Plans When I was a child, I used to love days where there was nothing organised, where you had the whole day spread out before you and you could just follow your instin

All Through the Year (illustrated By Anna Walker) All Through the Year I always wanted to write a calendar book, and once I’d worked with Anna on Little Cat and the Big Red Bus , I knew she was the person to illustrate it.   At first I

Little Cat and the Big Red Bus (illustrated by Anna Walker) 2008 Little Cat and the Big Red Bus I used to visit lots of schools in the country and sometimes we’d talk about different experiences we’d had.   We talked about funny things

When Elephants Lived in the Sea (illustrated by Vincent Agostino) 2006

The True Story of Mary, who wanted to stand on her head (illustrated by Drahos Zak) 2005

Millie Starts School (illustrated by David Cox) 2001

Dreaming of Antarctica (illustrated by Terry Denton) 1997

Junior Fiction

Where's Sunday? (illustrated by Ann James) 2010

Sam Sullivan's Scooter (illustrated by Andrew Joyner) 2009

The Day I Turned Ten (illustrated by David Cox) 2004

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When Anna Slept Over (illustrated by Andrew McLean) 2001

Poor Fish! (illustrated by David Macintosh) 2000

Sebby, Stee, the Garbos and Me (illustrated by Andrew McLean) 1998

Novels

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