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Biography
Gabby is an award-winning children’s writer, screenwriter, poet and occasional illustrator. She’s written over 30 books for children, including the bestselling ’If I had…’ series for Thames & Hudson, and the (also best-selling) ‘5 Minute Stories’ series for Magic Cat publishing, as well as hundreds of poems, stories and articles. Gabby is sub-editor and ‘poet-in-residence’ for children’s art and science magazine, OKIDO. She co-adapted the magazine for television, where it became the hit CBeebies animated preschool show: ‘Messy goes to OKIDO!’ Gabby’s books often rhyme, but not always. Her inspiration comes from nature and fairytales and her mission lies in converting the curious and extraordinary world around us all into entertaining, accessible, inclusive (and possibly rhyming but not always) stories for children of all ages.
Bow Wow Ballet
An adorable, creatively chaotic story about a troupe of canine ballet dancers who are getting ready for their debut performance.
Tonight is the night of The Bow-Wow Ballet! Ottilly Sausage does tricks with a ball, and Maximus Hopper jumps ever so high. This troupe of doggy dancers all want to be in the spotlight… Will their performance end in disaster?
In this endearing and whimsical rhyming book, Gabby Dawnay and illustrator Jennifer Mae Spooner bring the show to glorious life.
Publications
Selected Publications
Explore the prehistoric world with this lavish read-aloud collection of non-fiction stories.
Each read-aloud, 5-minute rhyming story tells the tale of a different dinosaur; from flighty and feathered Anchiornis to lumbering giant Brachiosaurus.
Nine stories include:
– The very FIRST dinosaur
– Slow, spiky STEGOSAURUS
– BRACHIOSAURUS is tallest of all
– ANCHIORNIS soars on high
– Swamp-dwelling SPINOSAURUS
– Killer-clawed VELOCIRAPTOR
– King TYRANNOSAURUS REX
– Three-horned TRICERATOPS
– Club-wielding ANKYLOSAURUS
At the end of each story, explore an informative ‘all about’ page and learn further information about dinosaurs, from why some species had spikes, to who produced the biggest poo!
Written by science writer and poet Gabby Dawnay, this is a gorgeously illustrated gift to inform and delight the youngest dinosaur fans.
The latest addition to the charming series inspired by the Forest School movement, teaching young children how to engage with nature from season to season.
A Field Guide to Winter is a pocket-sized introduction to winter, inspired by the Forest School movement. Building on children’s natural curiosity about the world around them, this book aims to establish a connection with nature at an early age that will go on to last a lifetime!
Track paw prints through the snow, make your own woodland wind chimes, identify evergreen trees and write a bedtime story for a sleepy bear. Discover how snowflakes form and why some animals hibernate in winter.
This book features lyrical poems, hands-on crafts and activities, scientific facts and identifier pages to help children spot different animals and plants. Whether a child’s access to nature is in the form of an urban park, a private garden, a field or a forest, there is so much to discover and experience.
