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Ruth Brown

  • 5 stars across 28 books
    Ruth Brown is the creator of some of Britain's best loved children's books. She has created a great many picture books for Andersen Press and is highly respected as an author and illustrator. She is married to artist Ken Brown and they have two grown-up sons and one grandchild.
    1st April 2016

    The Journey

    ". . . a wonderful teaching tool for those who are welcoming refugees into their community."- The New York Times ... More

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    3rd February 2011

    Gracie, the Lighthouse Cat

    One stormy night Grace Darling, the lighthouse keeper's daughter, spots a ship in trouble on the rocks. At the same time... More

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    15th February 2019

    Ten

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    4th March 2021

    Greyfriars Bobby

    The famous classic Scottish tale based on the true story of a dog's lifetime devotion to his master, first published in ... More

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    6th September 2012

    A Dark, Dark Tale

    Children will delight in following the black cat's progress through the dark wood, into the dark house, and eventually t... More

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    4th March 2010

    The Big Sneeze

    The farmer is snoozing on the hay in his barn, surrounded by his dozy animals, when the fly buzzing about lands on his n... More

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    14th January 2019

    Imagine

    Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we would go nowhere.... More

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    20th November 1986

    The Big Sneeze

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    28th January 2016

    Eye Spy

    Over the course of ten days, the lives of thirteen-year-old Alex Macintyre and his twin sister Donna will change forever... More

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    5th September 2019

    A Gallery of Cats

    Tom visits a very special exhibition where each picture features a cat. One by one, the cats all leap out and follow him... More

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