WHILE WE CAN’T HUG
with Polly Dunbar

“An important historical record of the time”
The Times
A ‘Book of the Year’
The Guardian
“Touching”
The Sunday Times
“Timely”
Irish Independent
“Tissues Essential”
The Telegraph
“Gently reassuring”
New Statesman

I’m very proud that this book has been used to help lots of kids return to school during the pandemic. It’s also being used in a pilot scheme in California to help prison inmates read to their children.

Nominated for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and the An Post Irish Book Awards.

THE CASE OF THE
MISSING CAKE
with Marc Boutavant

“Alphabet high jinks and criminal capers combine… This funny, subversive book should make both children and adults snigger.”
The Guardian (Children’s Book of the Month)

“‘The world’s most delicious, tongue-jinglingly, chocolaty cake has been…STOLEN.’ Bear follows a trail of sprinkles and crumbs through the alphabet searching for the culprit… a sneaky, witty way of reinforcing early literacy skills.”
The Irish Times

 THE HUG
with Polly Dunbar

A ‘Book of the Year’
The Guardian

‘Children’s Books of the Year’
The Irish Times

“Funny and astute... animals can be every bit as awkward and endearing as humans”
Publishers Weekly

This is a single book with two covers. Hedgehog and Tortoise both go looking for a hug, from opposite sides. SPOILER ALERT. They meet each other in the middle.

The Hug has been translated into 20 languages, awarded a D&AD Pencil for Book Design and adapted for children with communication difficulties.

THIS BOOK IS NOT A BEDTIME STORY
with Robert Starling

This book is NOT
a bedtime story.
It’s scary, strange
and rather gory.

Bedtime stories
make you sleepy.
This book won’t.
It’s much too CREEPY.

“With its brilliant concept, cast of adorable monsters, a wryly funny chorus of animals who puncture every attempt by the monsters to be scary, and big, bold illustrations that bring the story to visual life, this is the perfect book to reassure you own little monsters at bedtime!”
Wigan Post