Jonathan Emmett

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Jonathan Emmett
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Born (1965-12-10) 10 December 1965 (age 59)
Leicester, England
Alma mater University of Nottingham
Occupation(s)author, pop-up designer
Known forBringing Down the Moon, Someone Bigger and The Princess and the Pig
Website jonathanemmett.com

Jonathan Emmett (born 10 December 1965) is a British children's author and pop-up book designer. He is best known for his picture books including Bringing Down the Moon, Someone Bigger and The Princess and the Pig. His books have won several awards including the Red House Children's Book Award for Pigs Might Fly and the Sheffield Children's Book Award for The Pig's Knickers. [1]

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Emmett has also written and paper-engineered several novelty books including, Emergency Rescue and Alphabet Street. [2]

Life

Jonathan Emmett was born in Leicestershire in 1965. Best known as a picture book author, his writing is inspired and influenced by the picture books he read as a child including Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak and The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss. Emmett developed his writing and illustration skills while at the University of Nottingham [3] studying architecture. He began writing and illustrating children's books in his spare time while working as an architect, but left the profession to pursue a career in children's literature. [4] He has since written over seventy children's books [5] and his work has been translated into over 30 different languages. [6]

He lives in Nottingham, England. [7]

Publications

Books by Jonathan Emmett
TitleIllustratorOriginal PublisherYear
Doohickey and the RobotStephen Lewis Oxford University Press 1999
Goblin StewColin Paine Bloomsbury Books 2000
Serpent SoupColin Paine Bloomsbury Books 2000
Ghostly GoulashColin Paine Bloomsbury Books 2000
Fairy CakeColin Paine Bloomsbury Books 2000
Ten Little MonstersAnt ParkerKingfisher2000
Fox's New CoatPenny Ives Puffin Books 2000
Dinosaurs After Dark Curtis Jobling HarperCollins 2001
Bringing Down the MoonVanessa Cabban︎ Walker Books 2001
Cosmo for CaptainPeter Rutherford︎ Oxford University Press 2002
A Mouse inside the MarmaladeCaroline Jayne ChurchHodder Books2002
A Turtle in the ToiletCaroline Jayne ChurchHodder Books2002
Terry Takes OffPeter Rutherford︎ Oxford University Press 2003
Through the Heart of the JungleElena GomezHodder Books2003
Someone BiggerAdrian Reynolds︎ Oxford University Press 2003
Ruby Flew Too! / Once Upon a Time, Upon a NestRebecca Harry︎ Macmillan Publishers 2004
What Friends Do BestNathan Reed︎ HarperCollins 2004
Creature ColoursJonathan EmmettGullane2004
Robots HarperCollins 2005
No Place Like HomeVanessa Cabban︎ Walker Books 2005
Pigs Might FlySteve Cox Puffin Books 2005
Safari ShapesJonathan EmmettGullane2005
ZOOM!Christyan Fox︎ Macmillan Publishers 2005
This Way Ruby!Rebecca Harry︎ Macmillan Publishers 2005
Rabbits Day Off Thomas Taylor︎ Gullane2006
Captain Comet and the Purple PlanetAndy Parker Oxford University Press 2006
If We Had a SailboatAdrian Reynolds︎ Oxford University Press 2006
She'll Be Coming 'Round the MountainDeborah Allwright Egmont Books 2006
Dig it! Build it!Christyan Fox︎ Macmillan Publishers 2006
Diamond in the SnowVanessa Cabban︎ Walker Books 2006
I Love You Always and ForeverDaniel Howarth︎Gullane2007
Captain Comet and the Dog StarAndy Parker Oxford University Press 2007
Tom's Clockwork DragonMark Oliver︎ Oxford University Press 2008
The Best Gift of AllVanessa Cabban︎ Walker Books 2008
Emergency RescueChristyan Fox︎ Macmillan Publishers 2008
Go For It, Ruby!Rebecca Harry︎ Macmillan Publishers 2009
Leaf TroubleChurch Caroline Jayne Chicken House 2009
The Santa TrapPoly Bernatene︎ Macmillan Publishers 2009
BonesAlan Baker and Steve Lumb HarperCollins 2010
MONSTERS – An Owner's GuideMark Oliver Macmillan Publishers 2010
Pirate PussycatEd Eaves Simon & Schuster 2010
The Pig's KnickersVanessa Cabban︎ Walker Books 2010
Foxes in the SnowRebecca Harry︎ Macmillan Publishers 2010
The Treasure of Captain ClawSteve Cox Orchard Books 2011
ALIENS – An Owner's GuideMark Oliver Macmillan Publishers 2011
The Princess and the PigPoly Bernatene︎ Macmillan Publishers 2011
A Secret Worth SharingVanessa Cabban︎ Walker Books 2011
Tyrannosaurus Rocks!Ed Eaves Simon & Schuster 2011
Wanda Wallaby Finds Her BounceMark Chambers Bloomsbury Books 2012
Callum's Incredible Construction KitBen Mantle︎ Egmont Books 2012
Here Be MonstersPoly Bernatene︎ Macmillan Publishers 2013
Skyboy and other Stupendous Science Stories Simon Bartram , Kevin Hopgood, Alex Patterson and Yannick Robert Oxford University Press 2014
Danny Dreadnought Saves the WorldMartin Chatterton Egmont Books 2015
A Spot of BotherVanessa Cabban︎ Walker Books 2015
The Clockwork Dragon Elys Dolan Oxford University Press 2015
Fast and Furry Racers: The Silver Serpent CupEd Eaves Oxford University Press 2015
The Emperor's New ClonesMartin Chatterton Egmont Books 2015
Town Underground Cambridge University Press 2016
Clever Computers Cambridge University Press 2016
Prince RibbitPoly Bernatene︎ Macmillan Publishers 2016
Scoop's Ups and DownsAlex Paterson Oxford University Press 2017
How the Borks Became Elys Dolan Otter-Barry Books2018
Cleopatra Bones and the Golden ChimpanzeeEd Eaves Oxford University Press 2018
Alphabet StreetIngela P. Arrhenius Nosy Crow 2018
A Present for RosyPoly Noakes Walker Books 2020
The Plesiosaur's Neck (with Dr Adam S. Smith)Adam LarkumUCLan Publishing2021
Christmas StreetIngela P. Arrhenius Nosy Crow 2021
The Book Family RobinsonSam CaldwellTemplar Books2022
The Tyrannosaur's Feathers (with Dr Adam S. Smith)Stieven Van der PoortenUCLan Publishing2023
Number TrainIngela P. Arrhenius Nosy Crow 2024
Monster MakeoversRae Minos Boxer Books 2025
One Cat, Two CatsRob Hodgson Nosy Crow 2025

References

  1. "Awards". jonathanemmett.com. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  2. "NOVELTY BOOKS". jonathanemmett.com. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  3. "Emmett, Jonathan 1965– | Encyclopedia.com".
  4. "About Me". jonathanemmett.com. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  5. "Bibliography". jonathanemmett.com. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  6. "Foreign Language Editions". jonathanemmett.com. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  7. "About Me". jonathanemmett.com. Retrieved 4 October 2023.