Duncan Beedie
Children's Author/Illustrator
(c) Charlotte Knee
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Biography
Duncan is a children’s author and illustrator from Bristol, UK. He has been obsessed with drawing ever since he could hold a felt tip in his clammy little fist, and has fond memories of sprawling out on his parents’ living room carpet for hours on end, filling his sketchbooks with doodles of Garfield, Danger Mouse, and Judge Dredd.
His debut picture book The Bear Who Stared (Templar) was nominated for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2017 and the follow up The Lumberjack’s Beard was shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards. Since then he has gone on to write and illustrate titles for Little Tiger, Quarto, Walker Books, and Usborne, and was commissioned to design the illustrated autumn trail at Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire.
When not busy drawing kung-fu kicking llamas, heavy metal badgers, or starey bears, he can be found ambling through the woods or reading ghost stories.
Don't Do It Doug (2026)
You know that little voice in your head – the one that says, “Do NOT do that thing.”
Doug ignores it. Every. Single. Time.
From shaking fizzy pop (uh-oh) to pressing oh-so-tempting red buttons, Doug just cannot help himself. Look!
There he goes again . . .
Don’t do it, Doug!
From the powerhouse pair behind Hank Goes Honk comes a whirlwind of a story about one tiny hamster and his big-time battle with impulse control.
Packed with bold art, belly laughs and brilliant read-aloud energy, this book is perfect for kids who struggle to sit still (and the grown-ups who struggle to keep up)!
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Meet Hank the Goose. He’s never met a balloon he didn’t pop, or a conversation he didn’t – HONK! – interrupt. Hank even honks in the library and during movies! But being this way isn’t always fun – and it’s upsetting everyone else . . . Maybe it’s time for a change? Time for Hank to learn how to be an im-PECK-able goose! Only it’s not quite as easy as it looks . . .
Heavy Metal Badger is one of The Times Best Children’s Books of 2023
An empowering rock anthem, from the fantastically-funny Duncan Beedie, celebrating identity and self-expression.
Badger is ready to ROCK!
The music inside him is ready to burst out.
He just needs to find a band.
But recorder class isn’t right. Neither’s the choir. Nor the marching band!
Will Badger ever find his musical tribe? Perhaps it’s been there all along . . .
Bush Baby is in a fix. She didn’t need a wee before she left home – now she needs one right away! Uh-oh! But what will she do if there’s just nowhere to go? A pant-wettingly funny tale of determination and self-awareness – packed with toilet humour!
There once was a bear who liked to stare… and stare… and STARE.
Bear doesn’t mean to be rude, he’s just curious but too shy to say anything. But nobody likes being stared at and it soon gets Bear into trouble. Luckily a goggly-eyed frog helps Bear realise that sometimes a smile is all you need to turn a stare into a friendly hello.
