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Jonathan Emmett
Born (1965-12-10) 10 December 1965 (age 58)
Leicester, England
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
Occupation(s)author, pop-up designer
Known forBringing Down the Moon, Someone Bigger and The Princess and the Pig
Websitejonathanemmett.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]

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

Life

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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 sixty children's books[5] and his work has been translated into over 30 different languages.[6]

He lives in Nottingham, England.[7]

Publications

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Books by Jonathan Emmett
Title Illustrator Original Publisher Year
Doohickey and the Robot Stephen Lewis Oxford University Press 1999
Goblin Stew Colin Paine Bloomsbury Books 2000
Serpent Soup Colin Paine Bloomsbury Books 2000
Ghostly Goulash Colin Paine Bloomsbury Books 2000
Fairy Cake Colin Paine Bloomsbury Books 2000
Ten Little Monsters Ant Parker Kingfisher 2000
Fox's New Coat Penny Ives Puffin Books 2000
Dinosaurs After Dark Curtis Jobling HarperCollins 2001
Bringing Down the Moon Vanessa Cabban︎ Walker Books 2001
Cosmo for Captain Peter Rutherford︎ Oxford University Press 2002
A Mouse inside the Marmalade Caroline Jayne Church Hodder Books 2002
A Turtle in the Toilet Caroline Jayne Church Hodder Books 2002
Terry Takes Off Peter Rutherford︎ Oxford University Press 2003
Through the Heart of the Jungle Elena Gomez Hodder Books 2003
Someone Bigger Adrian Reynolds︎ Oxford University Press 2003
Ruby Flew Too! / Once Upon a Time, Upon a Nest Rebecca Harry︎ Macmillan Publishers 2004
What Friends Do Best Nathan Reed︎ HarperCollins 2004
Creature Colours Jonathan Emmett Gullane 2004
Robots HarperCollins 2005
No Place Like Home Vanessa Cabban︎ Walker Books 2005
Pigs Might Fly Steve Cox Puffin Books 2005
Safari Shapes Jonathan Emmett Gullane 2005
ZOOM! Christyan Fox︎ Macmillan Publishers 2005
This Way Ruby! Rebecca Harry︎ Macmillan Publishers 2005
Rabbits Day Off Thomas Taylor︎ Gullane 2006
Captain Comet and the Purple Planet Andy Parker Oxford University Press 2006
If We Had a Sailboat Adrian Reynolds︎ Oxford University Press 2006
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain Deborah Allwright Egmont Books 2006
Dig it! Build it! Christyan Fox︎ Macmillan Publishers 2006
Diamond in the Snow Vanessa Cabban︎ Walker Books 2006
I Love You Always and Forever Daniel Howarth︎ Gullane 2007
Captain Comet and the Dog Star Andy Parker Oxford University Press 2007
Tom's Clockwork Dragon Mark Oliver︎ Oxford University Press 2008
The Best Gift of All Vanessa Cabban︎ Walker Books 2008
Emergency Rescue Christyan Fox︎ Macmillan Publishers 2008
Go For It, Ruby! Rebecca Harry︎ Macmillan Publishers 2009
Leaf Trouble Church Caroline Jayne Chicken House 2009
The Santa Trap Poly Bernatene︎ Macmillan Publishers 2009
Bones Alan Baker and Steve Lumb HarperCollins 2010
MONSTERS – An Owner's Guide Mark Oliver Macmillan Publishers 2010
Pirate Pussycat Ed Eaves Simon & Schuster 2010
The Pig's Knickers Vanessa Cabban︎ Walker Books 2010
Foxes in the Snow Rebecca Harry︎ Macmillan Publishers 2010
The Treasure of Captain Claw Steve Cox Orchard Books 2011
ALIENS – An Owner's Guide Mark Oliver Macmillan Publishers 2011
The Princess and the Pig Poly Bernatene︎ Macmillan Publishers 2011
A Secret Worth Sharing Vanessa Cabban︎ Walker Books 2011
Tyrannosaurus Rocks! Ed Eaves Simon & Schuster 2011
Wanda Wallaby Finds Her Bounce Mark Chambers Bloomsbury Books 2012
Callum's Incredible Construction Kit Ben Mantle︎ Egmont Books 2012
Here Be Monsters Poly 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 World Martin Chatterton Egmont Books 2015
A Spot of Bother Vanessa Cabban︎ Walker Books 2015
The Clockwork Dragon Elys Dolan Oxford University Press 2015
Fast and Furry Racers: The Silver Serpent Cup Ed Eaves Oxford University Press 2015
The Emperor's New Clones Martin Chatterton Egmont Books 2015
Town Underground Cambridge University Press 2016
Clever Computers Cambridge University Press 2016
Prince Ribbit Poly Bernatene︎ Macmillan Publishers 2016
Scoop's Ups and Downs Alex Paterson Oxford University Press 2017
How the Borks Became Elys Dolan Otter-Barry Books 2018
Cleopatra Bones and the Golden Chimpanzee Ed Eaves Oxford University Press 2018
Alphabet Street Ingela P. Arrhenius Nosy Crow 2018
A Present for Rosy Poly Noakes Walker Books 2020
The Plesiosaur's Neck (with Dr Adam S. Smith) Adam Larkum UCLan Publishing 2021
Christmas Street Ingela P. Arrhenius Nosy Crow 2021
The Book Family Robinson Sam Caldwell Templar Books 2022
The Tyrannosaur's Feathers (with Dr Adam S. Smith) Stieven Van der Poorten UCLan Publishing 2023
Number Train Ingela P. Arrhenius Nosy Crow 2024

References

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  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.
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