Somehow, 2024 is almost upon us, which means it’s not long now until the publication of PLEASE!, which makes its way into the world on 18th January - hooray!

Following on from ACHOO!, it’s the next manners-themed book from Nathan Reed and me, and is all about the (bonkers and alarming) consequences for young Bill when he forgets to say ‘please’ when asking for something…

I love libraries. They’re brilliant things. Access to thousands of FREE books. A quiet place to read or work. Knowledgeable, friendly book experts on hand to help with what to choose. What’s not to love?

At every school visit I do, I encourage…

I recently received some lovely book post - the Vietnamese co-editions for each book in my and Lucia Gaggiotti’s I Really Want… series…

Wanna See A Penguin?, my latest picture book with Oxford University Press, marvellously illustrated by Ian Smith, published back in April this year…

My debut picture book, You Must Bring A Hat, illustrated by Kate Hindley, was published by Simon & Schuster, more than seven years ago now! How time flies.

Since then, it’s won the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book of the Year award…

I work almost entirely at home.  The upside of this is that I work where I live – it’s the shortest commute in the history of commuting.  I don’t, but I suppose I could work whilst in bed, meaning I’d wake up and literally be at work in the blink of an eye…