Usually when a picture book goes out of print, it stays out of print. So I consider myself very fortunate to have several of my out-of-print picture books republished – or about to be republished – recently. The latest are
Dinosaurs After Dark, illustrated by
Curtis Jobling, and
What Friends Do Best, illustrated by
Nathan Reed. Both books are published by
Harper Collins Children’s Books.
They are “special sales” editions, which means that you may not be able to find them in your local bookshop, but you can buy
What Friends Do Best from
The Works and both books are available through online booksellers such as Amazon.
Here’s a couple of spreads from the books.
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| Dinosaurs After Dark |
If Curtis Jobling’s illustration style looks familiar it may be because he's also the designer of
Bob The Builder series and the creator CBeebies
Raa Raa the Noisy Lion. Curtis has also written the
Wereworld series of novels for older children.
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| What Friends Do Best |
What Friends Do Best was originally written as a sequel to my first
Mole and Friends book,
Bringing Down the Moon. The story was centred on Squirrel, rather than Mole and was about preparing a meal. When Mole’s publisher didn’t take it, I recast the story with new characters and made it about building a rocket instead.
