Toppsta - Childrens Books – Reviews

Michael Lawrence originally trained as a graphic designer and photographer, but subsequently became a television script reader, press officer, an art and antiques dealer, a painter and sculptor, and several other things he would rather not talk about. His first book, a novel for children, was published in 1995. He is now a full time author, creator of the popular Jiggie McCue books, the Aldous Lexicon trilogy and, his first picture book for Orchard, 'Baby Christmas'. Adrian Reynolds is one of today's most popular children's illustrators. He illustrated the bestselling 'Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs', which won the Sheffield Children's Book Prize and was shortlisted for the Children's Book Award. Adrian also wrote and illustrated the popular 'Pete and Polo' series for Orchard. Adrian lives in Cambridge.