Jon Blake's Blog - Posts Tagged "picture-book"
The Return of Daley B
Apart from a couple of stories for OUP collections, I haven't written a word of children's fiction for over two years - it was time to fulfil other ambitions as a songwriter (see www.soundofadamsdown.com) and adult fiction author (see www.dylan69.com). Not to mention looking after a 5 year old and a 1 year old. Not many people start such a hobby in their fifties, but my life has never followed the standard course.
However, things are still moving on in bookworld. The Last Free Cat is coming out soon in Korea and the US, and in the UK a new edition of You're A Hero, Daley B comes out in April. I never intended to be a picture book writer, but 106,000 people went and bought that book, which, let it be known, was Axel Scheffler's first picture book, long before "The Gruffalo" brought him worldwide fame.
I'm proud of Daley B. It's only a little book, but it's an original, and an awful lot of people love it. Just last week I was taking a class on children's fiction at Newport Uni and came across a student whose reception class had demanded the story every Friday without fail. Apparently it saw off all opposition for a year.
That is some compliment, and I'd like to think it's not just down to the great pictures.
By the way, now I've started this blog, I'm happy to answer questions about just about anything to do with the book writing business, and am thick-skinned enough to accept criticism as well as compliments!
However, things are still moving on in bookworld. The Last Free Cat is coming out soon in Korea and the US, and in the UK a new edition of You're A Hero, Daley B comes out in April. I never intended to be a picture book writer, but 106,000 people went and bought that book, which, let it be known, was Axel Scheffler's first picture book, long before "The Gruffalo" brought him worldwide fame.
I'm proud of Daley B. It's only a little book, but it's an original, and an awful lot of people love it. Just last week I was taking a class on children's fiction at Newport Uni and came across a student whose reception class had demanded the story every Friday without fail. Apparently it saw off all opposition for a year.
That is some compliment, and I'd like to think it's not just down to the great pictures.
By the way, now I've started this blog, I'm happy to answer questions about just about anything to do with the book writing business, and am thick-skinned enough to accept criticism as well as compliments!
