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Biography
Michael is 38 and lives in London. He studied illustration at Portsmouth University earning 1st Class Honors and now works solely on writing and illustration books for children of all ages. Picture books include Scaredy Cat and Boo – nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal, and young fiction series The Unbelievable Adventures of Jake Cake – with the first book shortlisted for the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize and the Nottingham Children’s Book Award.
Michael likes dogs, mugs of tea, and painting big canvasses.
Forget-Me-Not: Beautiful Buttercup (2012)
When the other animals jeer at Ugly, the little warthog, Forget-me-not shows them that she is both beautiful and brave.
A new story about the little elephant learning about the world. Bright and sensitive illustrations full of wit and action for the youngest children.
Publications
Selected Publications
The otterly bonkers Brown family are HUGELY excited, as today’s the day they move to their new home. But when they get there they find the beastly Black family have got there first!
This riverbank ain’t big enough for the both of them, so there’s only one thing for it: war. Well, not REAL war. Otters are more into playing than fighting, so instead they decide to hold a giant sports day – and may the best otters win! Whether that’s the Browns or the Blacks, only time will tell, but one thing’s for sure, it’s bound to be OTTER CHAOS!
When the SPACEMUTTS crash land on an unknown planet, they are set upon by an army of Ninja Kittens! Duke the shy Great Dane is along for the ride, but can the gentle giant be brave and free his friends?
Will’s school play is Beauty and the Beast, but Urk has discovered there’ll be more than one monster on opening night! The show must go on, but can they stop Rumblefart and his mad monster mob?
Six-book series. Each book has three unbelievable adventures written in Jake’s own notebooks and embellished with his gloriously funny comments and illustrations throughout. Here Jake meets a werewolf, a monster and a real-life mummy.
