Illustrator Sarah Massini chooses That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown as 1 of her 5 favourite picture books on the excellent Library Mice blog. Thanks Sarah!      

  …for possibly the most exciting book I’ve ever worked on!    

Stanley’s Stick has been shortlisted for the Portsmouth Book Awards 2013! The Awards are to be judged by over 4,000 pupils from 32 Portsmouth schools with the winners announced later this year. For more info and a list of all the nominated titles there is a pdf here – PBA 2013 shortlist announcement.  

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Simon Pegg reads Stanley’s Stick, by John Hegley on CBeebies! If you missed the broadcast show (or the ending!) you can view it on demand until 26th December here.

Stanley’s Stick is now available as an eBook for iPads, iPhones or Kindles!  

Jennifer Jones Won’t Leave Me Alone is now available as an eBook! Winner of the Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2004, The Stockport Children’s Book Award 2004 and the Portsmouth Children’s Book Award 2005.

Thanks to Somers Park Primary School for your beautiful letters and drawings. It was a pleasure to help launch your new library!

The Bookseller has given Deadly a great review and selected it as one of November’s best children’s books!

Baby Betsy was very surprised and excited to open her New Baby Bookstart pack and find one of her father’s books – Go Wild with… Noises! ‘Go Wild with… Noises’ is published by Pavilion Books as part of The Go Wild Series.