Jonathan Emmett

Jonathan Emmett

Born	(1965-12-10) 10 December 1965 Leicester, England
Occupation	author, paper-engineer
Known for	Bringing Down the Moon, Someone Bigger and The Princess and the Pig
Website	www.scribblestreet.co.uk

Jonathan Emmett (born 1965) is a British children’s author and paper engineer. He is best known for his picture books including Bringing Down the Moon, Someone Bigger and The Princess and the Pig. His books have won several awards including the Red House Children’s Book Award for Pigs Might Fly and the Sheffield Children’s Book Award for The Pig’s Knickers.^[1]

Emmett has also written and paper-engineered several pop-up books including, Emergency Rescue and Tyrannosaurus Rocks^[2]

Life

Jonathan Emmett was born in Leicestershire in 1965. Best known as a picture book author, his writing is inspired and influenced by the picture books he read as a child including Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak and The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss. Emmett developed his writing and illustration skills while at Nottingham University^[3] studying architecture. He began writing and illustrating children's books in his spare time while working as an architect, but left the profession in 1995 to pursue a career in children’s literature.^[4] He has since written over fifty children’s books^[5] and his work has been translated into over 30 different languages^[6]

He lives in Nottingham, England.

Works^[7]

Title	Illustrator	Original Publisher	Year
Doohickey and the Robot	Stephen Lewis	Oxford University Press	1999
Goblin Stew	Colin Paine	Bloomsbury Books	2000
Serpent Soup	Colin Paine	Bloomsbury Books	2000
Ghostly Goulash	Colin Paine	Bloomsbury Books	2000
Fairy Cake	Colin Paine	Bloomsbury Books	2000
Ten Little Monsters	Ant Parker	Kingfisher	2000
Fox's New Coat	Penny Ives	Puffin Books	2000
Dinosaurs After Dark	Curtis Jobling	HarperCollins	2001
Bringing Down the Moon	Vanessa Cabban︎	Walker Books	2001
Cosmo for Captain	Peter Rutherford︎	Oxford University Press	2002
A Mouse inside the Marmalade	Caroline Jayne Church︎	Hodder Books	2002
A Turtle in the Toilet	Caroline Jayne Church	Hodder Books	2002
Terry Takes Off	Peter Rutherford︎	Oxford University Press	2003
Through the Heart of the Jungle	Elena Gomez	Hodder Books	2003
Someone Bigger	Adrian Reynolds︎	Oxford University Press	2003
Ruby Flew Too! / Once Upon a Time, Upon a Nest	Rebecca Harry︎	Macmillan Publishers	2004
What Friends Do Best	Nathan Reed︎	HarperCollins	2004
Creature Colours	Author illustrated︎	Gullane	2004
Robots	Photographs	HarperCollins	2005
No Place Like Home	Vanessa Cabban	Walker Books	2005
Pigs Might Fly	Steve Cox	Puffin Books	2005
Safari Shapes	Author illustrated	Gullane	2005
ZOOM!	Christyan Fox︎	Macmillan Publishers	2005
This Way Ruby!	Rebecca Harry	Macmillan Publishers	2005
Rabbits Day Off	Thomas Taylor︎	Gullane	2006
Captain Comet and the Purple Planet	Andy Parker︎	Oxford University Press	2006
If We Had a Sailboat	Adrian Reynolds	Oxford University Press	2006
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain	Deborah Allwright	Egmont Books	2006
Dig it! Build it!	Christyan Fox	Macmillan Publishers	2006
Diamond in the Snow	Vanessa Cabban	Walker Books	2006
I Love You Always and Forever	Daniel Howarth︎	Gullane	2007
Captain Comet and the Dog Star	Andy Parker	Oxford University Press	2007
Tom's Clockwork Dragon	Mark Oliver︎	Oxford University Press	2008
The Best Gift of All	Vanessa Cabban	Walker Books	2008
Emergency Rescue	Christyan Fox	Macmillan Publishers	2008
Go For It, Ruby!	Rebecca Harry	Macmillan Publishers	2009
Leaf Trouble	Caroline Jayne Church ︎	Chicken House	2009
The Santa Trap	Poly Bernatene︎	Macmillan Publishers	2009
Bones	Photographs︎	HarperCollins	2010
MONSTERS - An Owner's Guide	Mark Oliver︎	Macmillan Publishers	2010
Pirate Pussycat	Ed Eaves	Simon & Schuster	2010
The Pig's Knickers	Vanessa Cabban	Walker Books	2010
Foxes in the Snow	Rebecca Harry	Macmillan Publishers	2010
The Treasure of Captain Claw	Steve Cox	Orchard Books	2011
ALIENS - An Owner's Guide	Mark Oliver	Macmillan Publishers	2011
The Princess and the Pig	Poly Bernatene︎ ︎	Macmillan Publishers	2011
A Secret Worth Sharing	Vanessa Cabban	Walker Books	2011
Tyrannosaurus Rocks!	Ed Eaves	Simon & Schuster	2011
Wanda Wallaby Finds Her Bounce	Mark Chambers	Bloomsbury Books	2012
Callum's Incredible Construction Kit	Ben Mantle︎	Egmont Books	2012
Here Be Monsters	Poly Bernatene︎ ︎	Macmillan Publishers	2013
Skyboy and other Stupendous Science Stories	Various	Oxford University Press	2014
Danny Dreadnought Saves the World	Martin Chatterton	Egmont Books	2015
A Spot of Bother	Vanessa Cabban	Walker Books	2015
The Clockwork Dragon	Elys Dolan	Oxford University Press	2015
Fast and Furry Racers: The Silver Serpent Cup	Ed Eaves	Oxford University Press	2015
The Emperor's New Clones	Martin Chatterton	Egmont Books	2015
Town Underground	Photographs︎	Cambridge University Press	2016
Clever Computers	Photographs︎	Cambridge University Press	2016

Awards

Awards Won

Utah Beehive Book Award 2013-2014 Picture Book Category for The Princess and the Pig^[8]
Storytelling World Resource Award 2014 for Stories for Younger Listeners for The Santa Trap^[9]
Vermont Red Clover Award 2012-2013 for The Princess and the Pig^[10]
Bishop's Stortford Picture Book Award 2013 for Callum's Incredible Construction Kit^[11]
Hillingdon Picture Book of the Year Award 2012 for The Princess and the Pig ^[12]
Rotherham Children's Book Award 2012 Picture Book category for The Pig's Knickers ^[13]
Sheffield Children's Book Award 2011 Picture Book category & OVERALL WINNER for The Pig's Knickers ^[14]
Hampshire Illustrated Book Award 2011 for The Santa Trap^[15]
Stockport Schools' Book Award 2011 KS1 category for MONSTERS - An Owner's Guide ^[16]
Perth & Kinross Word’s Out Picture Book Prize 2007 for She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain.^[17]
Red House Children’s Book Award 2006 "Book for Younger Children" category for Pigs Might Fly^[18]
Norfolk Libraries Children’s Book Award 2006 "Older Picture Book" category for Pigs Might Fly^[19]
Southampton's Favourite Book to Share Award 2006 for ZOOM!^[20]
Kiekeboekprijs 2003 for Ik wil de maan, (the Dutch edition of Bringing Down the Moon)^[21]
Southampton's Favourite Book to Share Award 2003 for A Turtle in the Toilet^[22]

Shortlisted

Hampshire Illustrated Book Award 2015 for The Clockwork Dragon^[23]
Hillingdon Picture Book of the Year 2015 for Here Be Monsters^[24]
Nevada Young Readers’ Award 2015 for The Princess and the Pig ^[25]
Illinois Monarch Award 2015 for The Princess and the Pig^[26]
Round Rock Armadillo Award 2013-14 for The Princess and the Pig^[27]
Georgia Children's Book Awards 2013-2014 for The Princess and the Pig ^[28]
Mississippi Magnolia Award 2014 for The Princess and the Pig ^[29]
Abiline Mockingbird Award 2012-2013 for The Princess and the Pig ^[30]
North Carolina Children's Book Award 2013 for The Princess and the Pig^[31]
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Awards 2012-2013 for The Princess and the Pig^[32]
Washington Children's Choice Awards 2013 for The Princess and the Pig^[33]
CYBILS Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Award 2011 for The Princess and the Pig ^[34]
Richard & Judy’s Best Kids’ Book Ever (2007 Inaugural Year), Early Category, for Someone Bigger^[35]
California Young Reader Medal 2006 for Ruby in Her Own Time^[36]
Nottingham Children's Book Award 2005 for Someone Bigger^[37]
English Association's Best Children's Illustrated Book of 2004 Award for Someone Bigger^[38]
Perth & Kinross Word’s Out Picture Book Prize 2004 for Ruby Flew Too.^[39]

External links

Jonathan Emmett's Web site: http://www.scribblestreet.co.uk
Jonathan Emmett's Blog: http://scribblestreetnews.blogspot.co.uk
Jonathan Emmett's Society of Authors Profile Page: http://societyofauthors.org/node/80051
Jonathan Emmett's page on Walker Books Website: http://www.walker.co.uk/contributors/Jonathan-Emmett-4443.aspx
Jonathan Emmett's Twitter page: https://twitter.com/scribblestreet
Jonathan Emmett's Facebook Author page: https://www.facebook.com/JonathanEmmettAuthor

References

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