Debi Gliori - Children's Author

Debi started writing children's books in 1976, then attended art school in Edinburgh from 1979 to 1984. She received a travelling scholarship award to go to Milan, and worked as a freelance from 1984 onwards. She lives and works in Scotland, and her studio is situated in a thirteenth-century herb garden. She now has four children and her book No Matter What is dedicated to them. Debi Gliori is the author/illustrator of many books for children including Mr Bear, the winner of a Children's Book Award.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Debi Gliori

The Tobermory Cat
Debi Gliori
Once upon a time…best-selling illustrator Debi Gliori tells a witty story about cats poking fun at fame and asking if it really has any merit.  All the towns on Mull have cats with special attributes, such as being able to...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers | eBooks
Format: Hardback - Released: 30/11/2012
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What's the Time, Mr Wolf?
Debi Gliori
September 2012 Book of the Month. This enchantingly original story inspired by the well-known playground tag game, this is also perfect for practising telling the time.  Mr Wolf is revealed to be not so big and not so bad as...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 13/09/2012
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The Scariest Thing of All
Debi Gliori
A perfect story to settle all anxieties and reassure all fears. Witty, tender and beautifully illustrated, this story of Pip, a very small creature with a very big list of things that are scary, is a joy to read. Pip...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 17/10/2011
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Stormy Weather
Debi Gliori
Shortlisted for the Scottish Book Award 2010. A glorious affirmation of how love of all kinds provides protection against the elements. Across stunning double page spreads winds blow, seas toss and turn and snow falls but whatever the weather, babies are...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Book Awards
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2010
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Stormy Weather
Debi Gliori
A glorious affirmation of how love of all kinds provides protection against the elements. Across stunning double page spreads winds blow, seas toss and turn and snow falls but whatever the weather, babies are cuddled close and warm by their...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/10/2009
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Witch Baby and Me After Dark
Debi Gliori
3 +. Full of Debi Gliori’s trademark quirky wit with larger than life characters and almost life-like illustrations that brilliantly capture their expressions and feelings.  It’s Halloween and Witch Baby is off trick or treating but she’s lost her dog....
Featured in: 3+ readers | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/10/2009
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The Trouble With Dragons
Debi Gliori
A cautionary tale for readers young and old about the use and misuse of the planet, featuring dragons. Accessible and fun it is both beautiful and timely and will teach the reader about caring and sharing and working together.   Debi's new...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/07/2009
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Witch Baby And Me At School
Debi Gliori
Little Daisy may look sweet but to her older sister Lily she is…Something Else. Not for nothing is she known in the family as Witch Baby; Lily knows that Witch Baby can cast spells. When Lily starts a new school,...
Featured in: 7+ readers | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2009
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The Trouble With Dragons
Debi Gliori
A cautionary tale for readers young and old about the use and misuse of the planet, featuring dragons. Accessible and fun it is both beautiful and timely and will teach the reader about caring and sharing and working together.
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/10/2008
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Deep Fear
Debi Gliori
Terrifically original, exciting and inventive this is the final part of the Pure Dead  series.  It is an epic tale of a final battle between good and evil that’s both full of humour and magic.  Rest assured its one of...
Featured in: 11+ readers | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2007
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Mr Bear Says I Love You
Debi Gliori
Warm and loving, Mr Bear introduces all the things he likes and ends with what he loves best of all – his own little baby. Lovely bright illustrations in a slim-line, easy to hold board book. If you’re looking for...
Featured in: Baby and Toddler
Format: Board Book - Released: 01/02/2007
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No Matter What
Debi Gliori
Large shows Small that love is there ‘no matter what’ in this robust board book edition of a classic picture book. Small tests his mother with every possibility that might cause her not to love him but her love is...
Featured in: Baby and Toddler
Format: Board Book - Released: 03/10/2005
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