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]
Jonathan Emmett | |
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| Born | 10 December 1965 Leicester, England |
| Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
| Occupation(s) | author, pop-up designer |
| Known for | Bringing Down the Moon, Someone Bigger and The Princess and the Pig |
| Website | jonathanemmett |
Emmett has also written and paper-engineered several novelty books including, Emergency Rescue and Alphabet Street.[2]
Life
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
| 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 |