Jonathan Emmett

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Jonathan Emmett
Children's Author Jonathan Emmett.jpg
Born (1965-12-10) 10 December 1965 (age 55)
Leicester, England
Occupationauthor, 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 pop-up books including, Emergency Rescue and Tyrannosaurus Rocks.[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 in 1995 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]


Works[8][]

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 Church︎ 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 Author illustrated︎ Gullane 2004
Robots Photographs HarperCollins 2005
No Place Like Home Vanessa Cabban Walker Books 2005
Pigs Might Fly Steve Cox Puffin Books 2005
Safari Shapes Author illustrated Gullane 2005
ZOOM! Christyan Fox︎ Macmillan Publishers 2005
This Way Ruby! Rebecca Harry Macmillan Publishers 2005
Rabbits Day Off Thomas Taylor︎ Gullane 2006
Captain Comet and the Purple Planet Andy Parker︎ Oxford University Press 2006
If We Had a Sailboat Adrian Reynolds Oxford University Press 2006
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain Deborah Allwright Egmont Books 2006
Dig it! Build it! Christyan Fox Macmillan Publishers 2006
Diamond in the Snow Vanessa Cabban 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 Cabban Walker Books 2008
Emergency Rescue Christyan Fox Macmillan Publishers 2008
Go For It, Ruby! Rebecca Harry Macmillan Publishers 2009
Leaf Trouble Caroline Jayne Church Chicken House 2009
The Santa Trap Poly Bernatene︎ Macmillan Publishers 2009
Bones Alan Baker & Steve Lumb HarperCollins 2010
MONSTERS - An Owner's Guide Mark Oliver︎ Macmillan Publishers 2010
Pirate Pussycat Ed Eaves Simon & Schuster 2010
The Pig's Knickers Vanessa Cabban Walker Books 2010
Foxes in the Snow Rebecca Harry 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 Cabban 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 Various Oxford University Press 2014
Danny Dreadnought Saves the World Martin Chatterton Egmont Books 2015
A Spot of Bother Vanessa Cabban 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 Photographs︎ Cambridge University Press 2016
Clever Computers Photographs︎ Cambridge University Press 2016
Prince Ribbit Poly Bernatene 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

Awards[]

Awards Won[]

STEAM Children's Book Prize 2019 Best Early Years Book for How the Borks Became[9]
Storytelling World Resource Award 2019 for Stories for Younger Listeners for Prince Ribbit[10]
Utah Beehive Book Award 2013-2014 Picture Book Category for The Princess and the Pig[11]
Storytelling World Resource Award 2014 for Stories for Younger Listeners for The Santa Trap[12]
Vermont Red Clover Award 2012-2013 for The Princess and the Pig[13]
Bishop's Stortford Picture Book Award 2013 for Callum's Incredible Construction Kit[14]
Hillingdon Picture Book of the Year Award 2012 for The Princess and the Pig [15]
Rotherham Children's Book Award 2012 Picture Book category for The Pig's Knickers [16]
Sheffield Children's Book Award 2011 Picture Book category & OVERALL WINNER for The Pig's Knickers [17]
Hampshire Illustrated Book Award 2011 for The Santa Trap[18]
Stockport Schools' Book Award 2011 KS1 category for MONSTERS - An Owner's Guide [19]
Perth & Kinross Word’s Out Picture Book Prize 2007 for She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain.[20]
Red House Children’s Book Award 2006 "Book for Younger Children" category for Pigs Might Fly[21]
Norfolk Libraries Children’s Book Award 2006 "Older Picture Book" category for Pigs Might Fly[22]
Southampton's Favourite Book to Share Award 2006 for ZOOM![23]
Kiekeboekprijs 2003 for Ik wil de maan, (the Dutch edition of Bringing Down the Moon)[24]
Southampton's Favourite Book to Share Award 2003 for A Turtle in the Toilet[25]

Shortlisted[]

Big Book Awards 2019, Children's Illustrated Category for Alphabet Street[26]
Andersen Prize 2019, Best Popular Book category for Perché noi boffi siamo così? (the Italian edition of How the Borks Became)[27]
Montana Treasure State Award 2019 for Prince Ribbit[28]
Kentucky Bluegrass Award, K2 Category 2018-2019 for Prince Ribbit[29]
Florida's Sunshine State Young Readers Award Jr. 2018-2019 for Prince Ribbit[30]
Hampshire Illustrated Book Award 2015 for The Clockwork Dragon[31]
Hillingdon Picture Book of the Year 2015 for Here Be Monsters[32]
Nevada Young Readers’ Award 2015 for The Princess and the Pig [33]
Illinois Monarch Award 2015 for The Princess and the Pig[34]
Round Rock Armadillo Award 2013-14 for The Princess and the Pig[35]
Georgia Children's Book Awards 2013-2014 for The Princess and the Pig [36]
Mississippi Magnolia Award 2014 for The Princess and the Pig [37]
Abiline Mockingbird Award 2012-2013 for The Princess and the Pig [38]
North Carolina Children's Book Award 2013 for The Princess and the Pig[39]
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Awards 2012-2013 for The Princess and the Pig[40]
Washington Children's Choice Awards 2013 for The Princess and the Pig[41]
CYBILS Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Award 2011 for The Princess and the Pig [42]
Richard & Judy’s Best Kids’ Book Ever (2007 Inaugural Year), Early Category, for Someone Bigger[43]
California Young Reader Medal 2006 for Ruby in Her Own Time[44]
Nottingham Children's Book Award 2005 for Someone Bigger[45]
English Association's Best Children's Illustrated Book of 2004 Award for Someone Bigger[46]
Perth & Kinross Word’s Out Picture Book Prize 2004 for Ruby Flew Too.[47]

External links[]

Jonathan Emmett's Web site: https://jonathanemmett.com
Jonathan Emmett's Blog: https://jonathanemmett.com/blog
Jonathan Emmett's Society of Authors Profile Page: http://www.societyofauthors.org/writer-Profile?itemID=8921
Jonathan Emmett's page on Walker Books Website: http://www.walker.co.uk/contributors/Jonathan-Emmett-4443.aspx
Jonathan Emmett's Twitter page: https://twitter.com/JonathanEmmett
Jonathan Emmett's Facebook Author page: https://www.facebook.com/JonathanEmmettAuthor

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