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Jonny Duddle

  • 5 stars across 21 books
    Jonny Duddle Biography
    Jonny Duddle is an a bestselling author who has written and illustrated multiple picture books and chapter books for Templar Publishing, including the Waterstones Award-winning best-seller The Pirates Next Door and The Pirates of Scurvy Sands which was one of our Books of the Month for March 2018.

    Jonny grew up in North Wales before studying illustration at college. He had a variety of jobs including working on a ship, as a children's entertainer in Majorca, a salesman and an art teacher, before designing characters for computer games. Whilst working in that job, he wrote his first picture book The Pirate Cruncher and his career as a book illustrator began.

    Our favourite Jonny Duddle Book Characters
    The Jolley-Rogers - from The Pirates Next Door
    Rex- from The King of Space
    Bonehead - from Gigantosaurus
    1st February 2014

    Gigantosaurus

    All young dinosaurs are warned about the scary Gigantosaurus. So Bonehead volunteers to be the dino-kids lookout whenev... More

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    1st June 2010

    The Pirate Cruncher

    An old pirate tells a tavern full of salty sea dogs about an island bursting with hidden treasure. Once they've set sail... More

    (30 reviews)
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    1st March 2012

    The Pirates Next Door

    The Jolley-Rogers - a pirate family, are moving to Dull-on-Sea, a quiet seaside town. Stopping to fix up their ship, thi... More

    (26 reviews)
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    8th February 2018

    The Pirates of Scurvy Sands

    This summer, Matilda is going on holiday with her friends, the Jolley-Rogers. Their destination is the island of Scurvy ... More

    (16 reviews)
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    1st April 2014

    The Jolley-Rogers and the Ghostly Galleon

    Ahoy there shipmates! Climb aboard with a new fiction series from Jonny Duddle featuring the crew from The Pirates Next ... More

    (11 reviews)
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    5th November 2015

    The Jolley-Rogers and the Monster's Gold

    When Matilda discovers a treasure map inside an old bottle, she shows it to the Jolley-Rogers and they all set sail to f... More

    (7 reviews)
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    13th June 2019

    The Jolley-Rogers and the Pirate Piper

    The fantastically funny fourth title in Jonny Duddle's bestselling Jolley-Rogers fiction series. One morning the townsp... More

    (7 reviews)
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    25th February 2021

    Gigantosaurus: Dino Spot

    "I'm a DINOSAUR EXPERT! I really am the BEST! You might know the names of some, But I know ALL the rest." Deep in the ... More

    (7 reviews)
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    1st April 2015

    The Jolley-Rogers and the Cave of Doom

    While the Jolley-Rogers are enjoying a day at the beach, little sister Nugget toddles into a cave. When she doesn't come... More

    (5 reviews)
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    1st September 2013

    The King of Space

    With the help of unsuspecting friends, Rex creates an army of warbots with dung-blasters and begins his conquest of the ... More

    (3 reviews)
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