Appearing
South Tyneside (13th), North Tyneside (14th)
Author Website
to be confirmed
Publisher
Egmont Children's Books
Sue Heap is one of the UK's leading book illustrators.
As a child she lived in many places including Egypt, Germany, and Singapore. She wrote and illustrated her first book when she was twelve and as a teenager wrote lots of 'rather bad' poetry.
On graduating from Hull College of Art, Sue worked for an animation company and then as a designer at various children's book publishers in Oxford and London.
In 1991 she became a full-time freelance illustrator. She has illustrated over thirty books, including Cowboy Baby, winner of the prestigious Smarties Prize Gold Award in 1998. Her latest picture book has been nominated for the Greenaway Medal.
She lives in Oxfordshire and in her spare time she motorcycles and is learning to skateboard.
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The Fairy Feast Egmont Books 978 1 4052 3644 7 PB It’s an exciting day in Fairyland when the Queen invites all the fairies and their pets to a midnight feast. Lucy Little-Fairy and her frog, Burp, arrive at The Magical Meeting Place on Lucy’s flying pink bicycle – the envy of all her fairy friends. They are all ready for the feast. But the Fairy Queen’s mischievous monkey, Maurice, is in a muddly mood and when he steals the Queen’s handbag and drops her wand, all sorts of unexpected magic is unleashed… |
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Cowboy Baby Walker Books 978-1406314854 It's bedtime in the Wild West - but Cowboy Baby isn't sleepy. This is a colourful, exuberant picture book brought to life with an animated DVD.Sheriff Pa says it's bedtime. But Cowboy Baby won't go to bed without his toys, Texas Ted, Denver Dog and Hank the Horse. No sirree! So off he goes to find them. But when he's rounded up his gang, Cowboy Baby decides he doesn't want to go home. Offering a whole new storytelling experience, this picture book and DVD edition features a charming story animation, narrated by Kevin Whately. |
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Danny's Drawing Book Walker Books 978-1406316155 Every picture tells a story in this charming adventure of the imagination from an award-winning illustrator.Danny loves drawing pictures in his yellow drawing book. One snowy day, when he and his friend Ettie go to the zoo, Danny draws an elephant and an aardvark. Danny and Ettie watch in amazement as the animals come to life in the pages - and then they join them to embark on a wildly exciting journey to somewhere very different! |