Matty Long
Children's Author/Illustrator
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Biography
Matty loves drawing chunky black lines and colouring them in. His first picture book – SUPER HAPPY MAGIC FOREST – was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2016 and the series has since expanded to three picturebooks and two young fiction titles. Somewhere in the middle he also made a picturebook called Salty Dogs which you should definitely check out too.
Matty lives in Ely, Cambridgeshire, and when he isn’t working he’s usually telling himself he should be working. All while playing video games…
Croaky: Danger at Crater Canyon
Froggy, Fearless, and Ready for Adventure! Leap into this full-colour chapter book series from Super Happy Magic Forest creator Matty Long-perfect for readers who love funny stories!
Croaky Hopper isn’t like other little frogs. He dreams of hopping across crocodile-infested waters, not sitting on a lilypad in a pond! So when his Aunt Lilly signs him up for the Woggle Scouts, he expects to spend his time crafting and selling cookies, but he soon discovers there’s much more in store . . .
In Danger at Crater Canyon, Croaky and his friends are off to investigate a UFO! When faced with baking desert heat, rickety rope bridges, and mysterious UFOs flying about . . . will they get to the bottom of the mystery? And are there really such things as aliens?
With full-colour artwork on every page, Croaky is sure to delight fans of Jamie Smart and Dav Pilkey.
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The Super Happy Magic Forest is a place of happiness, frolicking, and picnics. Well, most of the time it is, but something is threatening to disrupt the peace.
A mysterious portal has opened up above the forest and a small and very hungry gargoyle-like creature has flown out determined to eat everything in its path. It even tries to take a bite out of Trevor the mushroom! Thank goodness for our five brave heroes: Hoofius the faun, Trevor the mushroom, Twinkle the pixie, Herbert the gnome, and Blossom the unicorn, who set off to Wizard City for answers. Can they figure out which wizard is responsible in time to save the day, or will they be distracted by a busy sightseeing schedule and some delicious waffles?
Crab is a big crab in a small rockpool and he RULES THE ROCKPOOL . . . or so he thinks.
When a big wave sweeps him and Prawn into an even larger pool, he has to revaluate his place in the hierarchy. If Crab doesn’t RULE THE ROCKPOOL, who does?
Acclaimed picture-book creator, Matty Long, brings his hallmark talents of deadpan comedy and hilarious illustrations to this fascinating picture book. Readers can feast on a diet of facts about the ecosystems of a rockpool and laugh out loud at the same time.
Full color fiction from the creator of Super Happy Magic Forest
When Croaky Hopper joins the Woggle Scouts, he gets more than he bargains for. Instead of bake sales and crafting, Croaky is whisked away on an expedition to search for a Sasquatch! Suddenly the excitable young frog is thrust into the kind of daring escapade he’s always dreamed of, and best of all, he’s got new friends to share the adventure with.
