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David Melling
David Melling was born in Oxford. His father was a sculptor and Melling inherited his artistic leanings.
He has received much recognition for his artistic talent. His first book 'Brilliant the Dinosaur' (Pavilion) was shortlisted for the 1994 Smarties Book Award and 'What's that Noise?' was longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award.
One of Melling's most popular picture books, The Tale of Jack Frost, was animated and shown on BBC1 on Christmas Day with a voice over by Hugh Laurie. It was shortlisted for the Pulcinella Award 2005 for 'Best TV Movie' category.
To date Melling has illustrated over 60 books, writing and illustrating around 15 of them.
The fourth Hugless Douglas adventure in this bestselling series with 1.4 million copies sold to date in 26 languages.Poor Douglas! All he wants is a best friend. Flossie has one, and Cow has one—even the rabbits have a special group just for best friends! Will Douglas ever have a best friend of his own? Maybe what he’s looking for is right under his nose!
Happy Birthday, Hugless Douglas!
The fifth Hugless Douglas adventure in this bestselling series with over 800,000 copies sold to date in 25 languages. Douglas is very excited about his birthday surprise. But when the surprise turns out to be his over-excited twin cousins, Douglas is sure this will be the worst birthday ever!
A sturdy board book edition of Don't Worry, Hugless Douglas, part of the bestselling series that has sold over 1.4 million copies in 26 countries worldwide.
Where do you go with a BIG worry? Douglas knows he can count on Dad. Douglas' dad gives him a wonderful new woolly hat. He races outside to show it off and doesn't realise that it's unravelling! Douglas' friends have lots of ideas about how to put things right but it is left to the little bear to work out for himself the best thing to do...
Hugless Douglas Goes to Little School
The sixth Hugless Douglas adventure – his first day at school – in this bestselling series with over 1.4 million copies sold to date in 26 languages. Douglas is very excited to be going to Little School. There is so much to do – and lots of hugs to be given out!
A board book edition of the bestselling picture book One mischievous little lion cub is keen to show how he can act just like his mum. But when it comes to bedtime, there's no one as good as her! From the creator of Hugless Douglas, this humorous, touching tale is a celebration of mums everywhere and the perfect companion to Just Like My Dad.
Beware - there are goblins living among us! Within these pages lies a glimpse into their secret world. But read quickly, and speak softly, in case the goblins spot you...
Stinglip and Pungent are at Shadow Goblin school, learning how to steal shadows. It's not going well for either of them, but when they meet a skeleton who has lost his shadow, the two little goblins knowexactly how to save the day...
Beware - there are goblins living among us! Within these pages lies a glimpse into their secret world. But read quickly, and speak softly, in case the goblins spot you... One stormy night, Septic the Puddle Goblin falls down a well. He's quite happy down there, eating mud and making friends with a lonesome frog, but his pals Bunion, Fetid and Teabag are already planning a rescue mission. Will they get to him before the sneaky Water Goblins do?
