Welcome to Dinoville! And before you learn how to draw Trevor the T-Rex, I've made a little animation for you! I had a lot of fun with this one, and my friend (the writer-illustrators-comics-artist-typographer-desiger) Woodrow Phoenix gave me some help with one of the voices! (A very important voice, as you'll see.)


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Even though two of my three publishers are based in Oxford and I go there often for meetings and such, the town has a special magic to it that never really goes away.


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This year's been a busy one! I thought I'd do a roundup of the books I've worked on this year, and a little peek behind the scenes, and who made them happen!

Here's my second solo picture book with Scholastic UK, Dinosaur Police:


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One last Norway blog post!


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I love how the town of Kendal in the Lakes District puts on a good display when it's time for its Lakes International Comic Art Festival!


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Once a lonely hunter ventured out upon the ice
The wind was howling fearful cold
It wasn't very nice
Then out of the swirling snow some tiny dogs burst forth...
PUGS.... OF THE FROZEN NORTH!


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Today's official launch of my new Scholastic UK picture book, Dinosaur Police, involved quite a lot of preparation, but not all of it by me. Deadly Knitshade and her crew of dinosaurs were very busy:



And I was BAKING, something I almost never do!


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I had my first Dinosaur Police event yesterday, at the Hay Festival in Wales! And I got to wear my brand-new dinosaur-inspired hat! My sculptor friend, Eddie Smith created it (the same guy who helped me build the giant Seawig and talking cake hat), and my local tailor, Esther Marfo, made the dress. (Oh, and I made the book!)


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It's so exciting having a picture book launching right now, but getting the word out about it is a real team effort! Here's my friend, the sculptor Eddie Smith, turning his hand to millinery to make my hat for my event at the Hay Festival this Thursday. I think it will just about fit in my enormous suitcase. Maybe! We'll see.


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I told Trevor the T-Rex to put on his party clothes for the upcoming launch of Dinosaur Police ...I quite like his style, I might copy it sometime!


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