• Oxfordshire Book Awards, 2015

    Yesterday, Sue Heap and I had the honour of attending the 2015 Oxfordshire Book Awards where – very wonderfully – Very Little Red Riding Hood won the award for Best Picture Book. I grew up in Oxford (my old Middle…

  • Cake, celebrations…and cracking creations!

    What a few weeks it’s been!  Sue Heap and I launched Very Little Cinderella at the magical Story Museum in Oxford with a proper picture book party. It was a delicious celebration, complete with balloons, cake…and the creation of a picture of…

  • Once Upon a Time

    Last week I went to see Into the Woods at the cinema.  This was not just a normal night out at the pictures. No, this was a Big Deal. Let me come clean. I’ve loved this fairy-tale musical with a…

  • Just Say Yes!

    Turning off that critical voice This post originally appeared on the wonderful Picture Book Den website: http://picturebookden.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/just-say-yes-turning-off-that-critical.html I’m doing a comedy improvisation course at the moment. Yes, me – picture book writer and editor – doing comedy impro like Whose Line…

  • Hello!

    I write picture books and longer stories for children.  I also write non-fiction books for children, too.     The best part of my job is making things up…following an idea and seeing where it leads me! How did you…

  • Very Little Rapunzel

    Very Little Rapunzel has very LONG hair – and she refuses to get a haircut.  But then she gets NITS! How long will it take to comb her hair with a VERY small comb…and will the Very Little Prince ever…

  • Very Little Red Riding Hood

    Very Little Red Riding Hood is little. Very little. She’s off to her  Grandmama’s for a sleepover and she won’t let anything stand in her way. Not even a Wolf.  Join her on a very BIG adventure! WINNER, Best Picture Book award, Oxfordshire Book…

  • Very Little Sleeping Beauty

    Very Little Sleeping Beauty is little.  Very little. Tomorrow it’s her birthday – but now it’s bedtime, and she’s not very tired…   You can buy Very Little Sleeping Beauty here. Illustrated by Sue Heap Praise for Very Little Sleeping…

  • Very Little Cinderella

    Very Little Cinderella is little. Very little. She’s also very upset. Her Ugly Sisters are off to a party and they won’t let her come. But with a big blue scooter, an array of fabulous frocks and a Fairy Godmother…