Martin Waddell - Children's Author

As a child
I was read to a lot as a child by people who knew how to read stories. These stories came alive for me, and the love of story has stayed with me ever since.

As an adult
I've been blown up, buried alive and had cancer as an adult, and survived all these experiences, so I'm a very lucky man. I live where I lived as a child, and nearly all my stories come from things that have happened to me here, at the foot of the Mountain of Mourne.

As an artist
I work in an old stone barn beside my home, and dream my stories in the garden and on long walks on the beach in front of my house. I never write anywhere else. This is where I belong.
 

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Featured Books, with extracts by Martin Waddell

Owl Babies
Martin Waddell
 Three little owl babies sit in the tree and wait…and wait…and wait…for their Mummy to come home from hunting. Stunning illustrations match this brilliant classic picture book story. This edition also includes a CD of...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/03/2006
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Farmer Duck
Martin Waddell
A hugely enjoyable read.  Farmer duck toils hard all day while his lazy farmer does nothing. So the duck’s many friends decide to club together to get their own back on the lazy farmer and in so doing the duck...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Bookshelf Essentials
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/09/1995
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