Corrinne Averiss
Children's Author
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Biography
Corrinne Averiss is renowned for her poignant, heart-warming stories and characters for young children. Her award-winning picture books have been sold around the world and translated into over 20 languages and her self-penned children’s series, Tweedy & Fluff, was nominated for a BAFTA in 2025.
My Pet Star (illus. Beardshaw/Hachette) is her enduring and tender story about love and loss. It won Sainsbury’s Children’s Book of the Year in 2019 and was adapted for the stage by the Marlowe Theatre in 2024. LOVE (illus. Beautyman/Quarto) has found worldwide success as a celebration of family love and remedy for separation anxiety. Corrinne has published titles with Andersen Press, Farshore, OUP, Quarto, Stripes/Little Tiger and Hachette.
She has also worked in children’s television for over 23 years, starting her career at Ragdoll and going on to be a Writer and Producer/Director at CiTV and CBeebies. Her BAFTA-nominated children’s series, Tweedy & Fluff, is currently broadcast on Channel 5’s Milkshake, around the world, and enjoys a huge global following on Instagram @tweedyandfluff.
Corrinne is drawn to themes of identity and belonging in her books and aims to deliver big feelings with humour and tenderness. She grew up in the Midlands, studied English Literature at the University of St Andrews and settled somewhere between the two – in a little town between Manchester and the Peak District with her husband, daughter and cat.
BOOKS
Moon Mice (coming soon 2026) – illus. Lorna Hill / Hachette
The Biggest Gift of All (coming soon 2027) – illus. Nila Aye/Hachette
Moon Mouse (2024) – illus. Lorna Hill / Hachette
A Home for Stone – illus. Rosalind Beardshaw / Hachette
Move Mountain – illus. Greg McLeod / OUP
A Song in the Mist – illus. Fiona Woodcock / OUP
Love – illus. Kirsti Beautyman / Quarto
The Long Way Home – illus. Kristyna Litten / Stripes
My Pet Star – illus. Rosalind Beardshaw / Hachette
Hope – illus. Sebastien Pelon / Quarto
Sorrel and the Sleepover – illus. Susan Varley / Andersen Press
Joy – illus. Isabelle Follath / Quarto
The Boy on the Bench – illus. Gabriel Alborozo / Egmont
Floss the Playground Boss – illus. Sam Usher / Egmont
A Dot in the Snow (2016) – illus. Fiona Woodcock / OUP
NICE THINGS
MY PET STAR – Winner of Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award 2019; Stockport Children’s Book Awards shortlist 2020; Dundee Children’s Book Awards shortlist 2020.
A DOT IN THE SNOW – CILIP Greenaway shortlist 2018; listed in The Times Children’s Books of the Year 2016
JOY (Quarto) and A DOT IN THE SNOW (OUP) have both been featured on CBeebies’ Bedtime Stories.
Moon Mouse (2024)
Come on an adventure to the moon and back with Moon Mouse as he sets off on an epic journey through space, discovering friendship and connection on the way.Moon Mouse lives far out in space, with only his garden and his ideas for company. Mouse loves his moon home, but sometimes, when he spies a birthday party on Earth through his telescope, he finds himself wishing he could join in with the fun. Then one day, a birthday balloon floats away from a birthday boy and up, up, up – all the way to Moon Mouse’s garden! Will Mouse find the courage to leave the comfort and security of his home to discover what it means to make a friend?
Publications
Selected Publications
Being on the wrong side of the valley doesn’t matter if you have the right kind of friends.
Mountain had never seen the sun rise. Each morning, the hills around him were washed with a warm glow – sometimes pink, sometimes orange. But the sun always rose behind his rocky back. So, one morning, Bird and Bear put on an ingenious and spectacular show that allows Mountain to experience the sunrise for the very first time.
This imaginative celebration of friendship encourages creativity and kindness.
A magical story about the importance of kindness.
When a little girl finds a lost star, she takes it home and cares for it, just like a beloved pet. She reads it stories, makes it special snacks and tucks it into bed at night. The more she cares for the star, the brighter it glows. Until, one day, it’s time to let go …
