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Inspiring passion in children for books, and the world of imagination and creativity fuelled by them, is a fundamental reason for why the... →
My dad never decided what he wanted to do; at times he fought in the army, was a teacher, a boxer, a light engineer, and a then a publican. My mum... →
One day, I found my dad's dressing-gown in an old suitcase, and it transported me back to when I was five and thought he was a god or a superhero... →
One of my main decisions when accepting the job of Children's Laureate was that I must continue working on picture books. If I don't write... →
Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. The best ones leave a tantalising gap between the pictures... →
Stories come to me and I don't know where they come from, but afterwards I can look back and say, 'Oh yes, that's got a little bit of me... →
The first things I remember drawing were battles - big sheets of paper covered in terrible scenes of carnage - though when you looked closely, there... →
What excites me about picture books is the gap between pictures and words. Sometimes the pictures can tell a slightly different story or tell more... →
When I talk to children, I show them a typical drawing I made when I was six and point out to them that when I was their age, I didn't draw any... →
When I was a boy, I was a worrier, and so was my son, Joe. I used to tell him that worrying meant he had an imagination and that one day he'd be... →