Hannah Shaw
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Hannah Shaw loves nothing more than making children laugh, her quirky characters and outrageously silly stories with lots of visual jokes make her books a go to for reluctant and avid readers alike.
Hannah won the Waterstone’s prize for her illustrations in The Hamster Massacre series, Cambridgeshire children’s book award for her first picture book and her stories have been long and shortlisted for many other awards. Her illustrations in The Disgusting Sandwich were selected for Booktrust Scotland’s Book bag scheme and for the Duchess’s Bookshelves list. When she is not doodling in her studio or running school workshops, she likes to grow inedible marrows on her allotment. She studied at the University of Brighton and now lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire with her husband, smelly dog and two young children who steal her favourite drawing pens but provide great inspiration.
Most Haunted Castles
Discover the spooky histories of real-life places in this chilling new non-fiction series, illustrated by Hannah Shaw.
Ghost hunter Yvette Fielding has been investigating spooky places for over 20 years. This time she is uncovering the ghostly histories of Britain’s castles. From Oxford Castle to Bamburgh, these castles are filled with hauntings and spooky histories, brought to life by Yvette and the Most Haunted team’s investigations. Dare to discover poltergeist and paranormal activity including the ghost of Anne Boleyn, dastardly poisoners and even Vlad the Impaler!
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Meet the princess who loves breaking the rules and her Royal Unicorn, who happens to be a pig!
A madcap new adventure series for 6-8 year olds, perfectly bridging the gap from picture books to chapter books, from award-winning author-illustrator Hannah Shaw, filled with pictures in all the colours of the rainbow and interactive extra material.
Welcome to Twinkleland Kingdom, where everything is 100% perfect. Except Princess Pea… Today’s the day the princess has to choose her own perfect unicorn at the Royal Unicorn Parade. All is well until the muddy Unipiggle appears and creates a very big muddle. It looks like Princess Pea has met her perfect match…
A hilarious picture book about a very hungry, and rather unlucky, badger in search of a sandwich – with a wickedly funny twist in the tale
One day, a boy drops his sandwich in a sandpit, and the race is on! A very hungry badger wants it, but he’s just not quick enough. The sandwich is dropped, squashed and slithered over by everyone from a squirrel, to a fox, to a band of slugs. Will the badger ever get his paws on that sandwich? And will he even want it if he does, or will it just be too disgusting?
- Children will love the ‘yuck factor’ of the ending, when the badger ditches the sandwich in favour of slurping up all the slimy slugs
- Beautifully written with satisfying repetition and a refrain children will love joining in with
- Gorgeous illustrations by Hannah Shaw bring this funny picture book to life in glorious, quirky detail
