Following our recent Stroud Authors Books guide this time we delve into children’s books featuring a selection of titles by Stroud based illustrators and authors…
Some of the writers are also featured on our Good On Paper Kids TV page where you will find them reading chapters from their books, instructional films on how to draw some of the characters, music videos and more!
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Rebecca Ashdown: How To Train the Perfect Parents
How to Train the Perfect Parents is every child's guide to raising model parents. It's easy - just follow Mimi's simple steps. Sometimes, Mimi's parents don't seem to get the hang of all that training, but Mimi knows her rigorous routine of strict discipline has worked when her parents agree to get her a puppy . . . Suddenly the roles are reversed and Mimi has to learn that being trained is sometimes very hard work.
Publisher: Templar
Other titles: The Whooper, Bob and Flo, Even Fairies Fart, the Glump and the Peedle
Tracey Corderoy: Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Aliens Are Coming!
Three more slapstick adventures from our favourite doggy detectives, all set in the summer sun. And things are hotting up! Someone is cheating in the sandcastle competition! There’s something fishy about the new cafe! But it’s the Alien invasion that really makes Shifty and Sam lose their cool! Anyone for an iced bun?! Brilliant stories hilariously told by Tracey Corderoy and beautifully brought to life by Steven Lenton’s illustrations.
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Other titles: Sneaky Beak, Hubble Bubble series, Seaview Stables Adventures series
Eve Coy: The Huffalots
When Mum wakes up her Huffalots, nothing is right they don’t like their clothes, their breakfast is yucky and they just don t like each other. When one of them trips over, the other offers a hug and they magically transform into Huffalittles, then Lovealittles, and finally, with a big cuddle they become Lovealots. But it s been a long day and Mum is now grumpy and tired. Good thing the Lovealots know exactly what to do...A gorgeous picture book that explores how moods change through the day, and what we can do to help others feel better.
Publisher: Andersen Press
Other titles: Looking After William, Daddy Sitting
John Dougherty: There’s A Pig Up My Nose
What if a PIG got stuck up your NOSE? How ever would you get it out? When Natalie has to go to school with a pig stuck up her nose, her whole class gets together to find a way to get the pig out. But how will they do it? The zany humour of Sue Hendra (of Supertato and Barry the Fish with Fingers fame) meets Babe the Pig in this funny picture book. This delightfully silly tale, brought to life by warm, comical artwork from rising star Laura Hughes, will have children giggling and oinking out loud to try to work out how to get a farmyard animal out of someone's nose. The perfect picture book for boys and girls aged 3 years and up – or for anyone who has ever got something stuck up their nose!
Publisher: Egmont
Other titles: Stinkbomb and Ketchup Face series, Mark and Shark series, Dinosaurs and Dinnerladies
Jamila Gavin: The Wheel of Surya
A beautiful new edition of the first volume in the Surya Trilogy by Whitbread award-winning author Jamila Gavin. India, August 1947: Fleeing from their burnt-out village as civil war rages in the Punjab, Marvinder and Jaspal are separated from their mother, Jhoti. Marvinder has already saved her brother's life once, but now they both face a daily fight for survival. Together they escape across India and nearly halfway around the world to England, to find a father they hardly know in a new, hostile culture… A powerful story of culture, class, family and faith set against the backdrop of Indian independence and the Partition of India and Pakistan. Perfect for fans of The Bone Sparrow, Morris Gleitzman’s Once, and Katherine Rundell’s The Wolf Wilder.
Publisher: Egmont
Other titles: Coram Boy, Blackberry Blue and Other Fairy Tales, The Whistling Monster - Stories from Around the World
Eugene Lambert: The Sign of One
On Wrath, a dump-world for human outcasts, identical twins are feared. Only one will grow up human, while the other becomes a condemned monster with ‘twisted’ blood. When sixteen-year-old Kyle is betrayed, he flees for his life with the help of Sky, a rebel pilot with trust issues. As the hunt intensifies, Kyle soon realises that he is no ordinary runaway – although he has no idea why he warrants this level of pursuit. The hideous truth they discover could change the fate of Wrath and its harsh laws forever. Their reluctant, conflicted partnership will either save them – or bring about their destruction.
Publisher: Egmont
Other titles: Into the No-Zone, The Long Forever
Tom Percival: Dream Team - Attack of the Heebie Jeebies
Meet the Dream Team! Turning nightmares into incredible adventures! Erika's had a bad day. But going to sleep upset means bad dreams. She finds herself stranded in the Dreamscape along with a mob of hungry Heebie Jeebies - and to make matters worse, she's being hunted by a terrifying Angermare! Enter the Dream Team! Can they help Erika overcome her worries and get home, or will she be trapped forever? Attack of the Heebie Jeebies is the first in a fun and engaging colour illustrated series, exploring anxiety in in children through action and adventure.
Publisher: Macmillan
Other titles: Perfectly Norman, Ravi’s Roar, Ruby’s Worry, Little Legends series
Hannah Shaw: Unipiggle the Unicorn Pig - Unicorn Muddle
Welcome to Twinkleland Kingdom, where everything is 100% perfect. Except Princess Pea – she loves getting muddy and having fun and she’s not keen on choosing her own perfect unicorn at the Royal Unicorn Parade. Until the final unicorn turns out to be a podgy, pongy, proud, magic-horned…pig? And so the adventures of Princess Pea and Unipiggle begin! Meet the princess who loves breaking the rules, and her Royal Unicorn who happens to be a pig… or, rather, a Unipiggle!
Publisher: Usborne
Other titles: The Disgusting Sandwich, The Scruffs series, Bear On A Bike