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Nicola Kent is an award-winning author and illustrator of children’s books for ages 0-7. These include novelty board books, picture books, non-fiction picture books and her early chapter book series, Cat and Dumpling. In 2019, Nicola won the Independent Booksellers’ Best New Illustrator Award. Since then, she’s won the Mathical Book Prize for Preschoolers and been a finalist in the Teach Primary Book Awards. She’s also been longlisted for the UKLA Book Prize, shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards and highly commended in the Macmillan Prize. Nicola’s books have been published in over 20 languages.
Before her career in children’s books, Nicola worked for ten years as a TV producer on programmes including the BBC’s Picasso and Cezanne seasons, Poetry Nation, The BBC Design Awards, The History of a House, He’s Having a Baby and many more. She’s also written for children’s animation series The Cramp Twins. Nicola grew up in north London and now lives in Hackney with her family, dog and cat and a very untidy desk.
Cat and Dumpling: Go Camping
The third in a charming new series by author Nicola Kent. Packed with beautiful full-colour illustrations and a delightful story about best friends, Cat and Dumpling.
Cat and Dumpling are best friends, but they’re very different. Cat is an impulsive dreamer who loves to knit, and Dumpling is a cautious planner who loves gardening. In these chapter books for early readers, the pair’s far-fetched schemes and conflicting ideas wreak warm-hearted slapstick havoc, but always with a happy ending and a reassertion that despite their differences Cat and Dumpling will always be the very best of friends.
In Go Camping, Cat is itching for an exciting holiday. Dumpling thinks holidays need careful planning, and he can’t just leave his garden when there are so many things to do. Following a clever solution to a mishap in the garden, Dumpling agrees to join Cat on a camping trip. But they run into a problem every step of the way! Will they ever make it to the campsite to have their holiday?
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The first in a charming new series by author Nicola Kent!
Packed with beautiful full-colour illustrations and a delightful story about best friends, Cat and Dumpling.
Cat and Dumpling are best friends, but they’re very different. Cat is an impulsive dreamer who loves to knit, and Dumpling is a cautious planner who loves gardening. In these chapter books for early readers, the pair’s far-fetched schemes and conflicting ideas wreak warm-hearted slapstick havoc―but always with a happy ending and a reminder that despite their differences, Cat and Dumpling will always be the very best of friends.
In Home Sweet Home, Cat and Dumpling meet for the very first time. They’re both searching for the perfect home and have very different needs. Eventually, they stumble across the perfect place―the only problem is, they both want the same flat! Can the pair survive as flatmates, or will their differences be too much to overcome?
From finding out how tall you are in food tins to how much electricity your body can generate, Measuring Me includes plenty of relatable and exciting ways to explore the concepts of measuring.
Bright and lively artwork by Nicola Kent presents the topic of measuring in an exciting and personal way, encouraging little learners to engage in this important concept. Includes a pull-out height chart!
Discover more about the human body in this book that is all about YOU!
Created by the 2019 winner of the UK Independent Booksellers’ Best New Illustrator Award!
Nicola Kent presents… ALL THE CATS! Short cats, tall cats, careful-not-to-fall cats. Itchy cats and scratchy cats – can you see the matching cats? Spot the miles and miles of cats jam-packed into this chunky, gifty feline picture book! Can you spot yours?
