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Jon Blake

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Born

in Mortimer, Berkshire, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.jonblake.co.uk

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Children's Books, Literature & Fiction, Young Adult

Influences

D.H.Lawrence, Mark Twain, Flann O'Brien, Emily Bronte, [a:Jonathan Swi ...more

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September 2009

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Jon Blake (see https://www.youtube.com/@jonblakeauthor) is the author of over sixty books, primarily for children and teenagers: most recently YA novel "Second Quality Dragon" which was featured in a Goodreads giveaway.

"Thimble Monkey Superstar", featuring disabled narrator Jams, based on Jon's son, was shortlisted for the 2017 Laugh Out Loud awards (Lollies): there are three sequels.

Jon was brought up in Southampton and now lives in Cardiff, where he teaches creative writing at http://parkwrite.com. His successes include the picture book “You’re A Hero, Daley B” (ill. Axel Scheffler, worldwide sales of over 500,000) and “Little Stupendo” (shortlisted for the Children’s Book Award).

Other big sellers include “One Girl School” (over 35,000) ...more

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	The Last Free Cat by Jon Blake (Goodreads Author), Rebecca Harry (Illustrations) 3.73 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You're a Hero, Daley B! by Jon Blake (Goodreads Author), Axel Scheffler (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1992 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Girl School by Jon Blake (Goodreads Author), Tony Ross (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wriggly Pig by Jon Blake (Goodreads Author), Susie Jenkin-Pearce (illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1991 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thimble Monkey Superstar by Jon Blake (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Martin Ed Chatterton (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stinky Finger's House of Fun by Jon Blake (Goodreads Author), David Roberts (illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Macbeth 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Holiday in Happy Street liked it 3.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mystery Guest at the House of Fun by Jon Blake (Goodreads Author), David Roberts (illustrator) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dogsbottom School Goes Totally Mental by Jon Blake (Goodreads Author), Sarah Nayler (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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New Last Free Cat ebook

I'm happy to say that, as I now own the rights to The Last Free Cat, I've re-published the ebook and it's available now at https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07SQ2RWRZ for just £2.99. It will have a more professional cover soon and a paperback will follow asap (not one of those crappy Amazon ones). All help publicising this will be much appreciated, as I do not have the marketing budget of a major publi Read more of this blog post »

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Jon Blake rated a book really liked it Thomas Hardy, Selected Poems by Thomas Hardy	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
While I'm not a fan of Hardy's fatalism, many of his poems have stuck with me since I first read them in the early 70s. There are few better writers of the natural world. More recently, I was looking for a poem to turn into a Christmas song and The D ...more
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“Die anderen Kaninchen hüpften herum und schrien Hurra und umarmten sich. "He Duda, du bist ein Held!", riefen sie.
"Wie komisch", überlegte He Duda.
"Ich dachte, ich wäre ein Kaninchen.”
― Jon Blake, You're a Hero, Daley B!

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