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David Edward Williams, known professionally as David Walliams, is an English comedian, actor, writer, and television personality. He is best known for his work with Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch comedy series Little Britain (2003–2006) and Come Fly With Me (2010–2011). From 2012 to 2022, Walliams was a judge on the television talent show competition Britain's Got Talent on ITV. He is also a writer of children's books, having sold more than 37 million copies worldwide.
Blinky Bill is an anthropomorphic koala and children's fictional character created by author and illustrator Dorothy Wall. The character of Blinky first appeared in Brooke Nicholls' 1933 book, Jacko – the Broadcasting Kookaburra, which was illustrated by Wall. Wall then featured Blinky Bill in a series of her own books, including Blinky Bill: The Quaint Little Australian, Blinky Bill Grows Up, and Blinky Bill and Nutsy. The books are considered quintessential Australian children's classics, and have never been out of print in Australia.
Malorie Blackman is a British writer who held the position of Children's Laureate from 2013 to 2015. She primarily writes literature and television drama for children and young adults. She has used science fiction to explore social and ethical issues. Her critically and popularly acclaimed Noughts and Crosses series uses the setting of a fictional dystopia to explore racism. Blackman has been the recipient of many honours for her work including, most recently, the 2022 PEN Pinter Prize.
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Nicola Davies, earlier known as Nick Davies, is an English zoologist and writer. She was one of the original presenters of the BBC children's wildlife programme The Really Wild Show. More recently, she has made her name as a children's author. Her books include Home, which was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award, and Poo (2004), which was illustrated by Neal Layton, and was shortlisted for a Blue Peter Book Award in 2006; in the United States, the book is published as Poop: A Natural History of the Unmentionable. Her children's picture book The Promise won the Green Book Award in 2015. She has also written several novels for adults under the pseudonym Stevie Morgan.
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Love Monster is an animated children's television series that premiered on CBeebies on 27 January 2020. It is based on the books by Rachel Bright. It focuses on the misadventures of the titular monster and his friends. It premiered on December 18, 2020 on HBO Max as a Max Original in the United States and then one year later on Cartoon Network's Cartoonito block on September 19, 2021. It was removed in September 2022.
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That's Not My... is a series of baby and toddler children's books written by Fiona Watt, illustrated by Rachel Wells and published by Usborne Publishing. Every book focuses on a different subject, which have included animals, vehicles and people. The first book in the series was That's Not My Puppy... which was published in 1999. Each two-page spread of the books contains a different brightly coloured picture of the subject with different attributes represented by a material. The reader is introduced to the different versions of the subject of the book with the phrase "That's not my". The inclusion of materials creates a sensory experience for the reader as they are invited to feel the material and identify why the subject on the page is or is not the correct version. By 2019, the That's Not My... series had sold 6.4 million copies of over 50 books and made over £30.6 million. As of July 2022, there are 72 books in the series.
Katrina Nannestad is an Australian writer of books for children.
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- ↑ "Contact Me » Welcome to The World of Rachel Bright" . Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ Large, Heather. "Author Rachel's hairy little monster is now a BBC star". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ "An Interview With Rachel Bright of The Bright Side | Campus Gifts". www.campusgifts.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ "Dorset author Rachel Bright is about to take World Book Day by storm". Great British Life. 15 February 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ "HarperCollins falls for Bright's Love Monster story as CBeebies series starts". The Bookseller. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ "Rachel Bright's Love Monster series scoops TV deal". The Bookseller. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ "Peter Rabbit: Head Over Tail : inspired by Beatrix Potter's iconic character". Telegraph. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ↑ Carbery, Justine. "Gorgeous illustrated children's books for the summer holidays". The Independent. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ "HCG buys 'Worrysaurus' picture book on anxiety". The Bookseller. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ Davies, Debbie (15 September 2021). "See what our adult and child books of the week are". Hunts Post. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ "Picture books for children – reviews". the Guardian. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ Bearn, Emily (20 February 2021). "The best new children's books to get your kids through lockdown". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ "Author Rachel Bright to take up role". Dorset Echo.
- ↑ "Student Evans pockets Carmelite Prize | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com.
- ↑ "The Koala Who Could wins Oscar's Book Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
