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David Roberts
David Roberts was born in Liverpool. He always loved drawing from an early age and couldn’t wait to escape high school and go to art college. There he developed a keen interest in pottery and fashion and went on to study a degree in fashion design at Manchester Metropolitan University. After university he worked as a milliner and began to get work as a fashion illustrator but always felt his true calling was in children’s book illustration. He signed up with Christine Isteed at Artist Partners in 1995 and has never looked back since. So after working as a shelf stacker, egg fryer, hair washer, film extra and coffee-maker David finally realised his dream of becoming a children’s book illustrator when his first book Frankie Stein’s Robot written by Roy Apps was published in 1998. This book was shortlisted for the 'Mother Goose Award' for emerging illustrators.
David’s most famous creation, and a character very close to his heart, is the irrepressible Dirty Bertie. Bertie started life as a picture book for younger children, (published by Little Tiger Press) but his fiction series (published by Stripes Publishing) is now ten titles strong. In 2008 Bertie featured in a national campaign for the Department of Health, called Catch it! Bin it! Kill it! and in March 2009 was featured on CITV’s brand new children’s book series 'Bookaboo'. Pooh! Is That You Bertie? was read by comedian Al Murray.
David draws everyday and doesn’t go anywhere without a pencil behind his ear. He is incredibly prolific and there are few publishers he hasn’t worked with. He has illustrated works by some fantastic authors such as Philip Ardagh, Daren King, Julia Donaldson, Jacqueline Wilson, Tom Baker and Chris Priestley. David considers himself privileged and lucky to be doing a job he loves. His most recent works include Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty, The Troll by Julia Donaldson and The Dunderheads by Paul Fleischman which was shortlisted for the 2010 Kate Greenaway Award.
David now lives in London.
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Featured Books, with extracts illustrated by David Roberts
Susannah Corbett
Meet One Cool Cat. He’s got it all: the swagger, the looks, the coolness, so what else could he possibly need? Certainly not luck - One Cool Cat puts this theory to the test as he walks under ladders and confidently breaks a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Alan MacDonald
Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos! Join Bertie as he comes a cropper on his Chopper, tests his patience - and everyone else's - on a bird-watching trip,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2012
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Alan MacDonald
5+. Delightfully disgusting, these three stories about Bertie, a boy whose habits are far from clean, will delight emerging readers. As ever, Dirty Bertie is bursting with mad plans and crazy schemes all of which spell trouble for him and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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Julia Donaldson
Newly-appointed Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson’s boisterous shipboard adventure is deliciously suffused with magic and nonsense. Granny’s purple spots are diagnosed as a bad case of the moozles so Jack sets off to find the only cure - the fruit of...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/07/2011
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Alan McDonald
Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping in A&E after an accident with a door, forgetting his swimming trunks on a visit to Splash City, and proving that Know-All Nick doesn't actually...
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/06/2011
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Jacqueline Wilson
Fabulous reissue of an absolute gem of a book by on of the bestselling authors of all time but this is one of the very few titles by Jacqueline Wilson suitable for newly fluent readers. Still with colour illustrations on...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2011
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Alan MacDonald
Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos! Join Bertie as he struggles to escape from the clutches of Angela Nicely, attempts to prove that anything Know-All Nick can do,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2011
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Alan MacDonald
7 +. Disgusting Dirty Bertie is back for a new set of mucky adventures. As ever he has some crazy plans up his sleeve most of which involve him being disgusting in more ways than can easily be imagined. This...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2010
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Julia Donaldson
A picture book for kids that love Adventure. An original and witty version of a traditional tale which shows what happens when two stories get blended into one. The Troll lives under the bridge – which is where he...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/07/2010
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Alan Macdonald
Bertie is a delightful as he is dirty – if you like that kind of thing! He has a habit of picking his nose which is truly disgusting. This time he has a robot dog in tow and ends up...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2010
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Paul Fleischman
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2010. Miss Breakbone is a fearsome teacher: she shouts, she confiscates, she makes kids cry. Until the Dunderheads – an unlikely band of kids, with extraordinary hidden talents, decide to teach Miss Breakbone a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2010
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Julia Donaldson
A picture book for kids that love Adventure. An original and witty version of a traditional tale which shows what happens when two stories get blended into one. The Troll lives under the bridge – which is where he...
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/07/2009
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Julia Donaldson
A mix up with eggs has a placid duckbill dinosaur being brought up by T-Rex’s – clearly this causes hilarious problems. With Julia Donaldson’s irresistible, rollicking rhyming text and David Roberts’ glorious illustration, this bold and brilliant picture book crackles with wit. A future...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/07/2008
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Julia Donaldson
A mix up with eggs has a placid duckbill dinosaur being brought up by T-Rex’s – clearly this causes hilarious problems. With Julia Donaldson’s irresistible, rollicking rhyming text and David Roberts’ glorious illustration, this bold and brilliant picture book crackles...
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/07/2007
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Jacqueline Wilson
Fabulous reissue of an absolute gem of a book by on of the bestselling authors of all time but this is one of the very few titles by Jacqueline Wilson suitable for newly fluent readers. Still with colour illustrations on...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2001
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Books illustrated by David Roberts
Susannah Corbett
Let us introduce you to One Cool Cat. He's a smart, sharp, witty kitty who strolls into town. He's here to tell you that when you've got looks that could kill and style in your smile you don't need luck...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/02/2012
Alan MacDonald
Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos! Join Bertie as he attempts to bath a rather smelly Whiffer, gives Miss Boot the fright of her life on a school...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2012
Daren King
Fitting in at still-alive school isn't easy - especially if you're a ghostie with a bunch of very spooky friends.
Format: Paperback - Released: 29/09/2011
Alan MacDonald
Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos. This title lets you join Bertie as he takes on the challenge of beating Know-all Nick in a sledge race, breaks a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
Alan MacDonald
Enjoy the comic capers of Dirty Bertie - the boy with nosepickingly disgusting habits - in this bumper book of nine revolting stories. Join Bertie as he goes to Angela Nicely's pink party dressed as a worm, dares Know-all Nick...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/08/2011
Alan McDonald
Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping in A&E after an accident with a door, forgets his swimming trunks on a visit to Splash City, and proves that Know-All Nick doesn't actually...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2011
Lynn Roberts
This is the story of Little Red Riding Hood as you've never heard it before. Set in 18th-century England, Little Red will discover if keg of delicious sparkling ginger beer can save him from the same gruesome end his grandmother...
Format: Paperback - Released: 24/03/2011
Lynn Roberts
Set in the glamorous seventies, this lively retelling is bursting with colourful period detail as Rapunzel goes from being a tower-block prisioner to a free and groovy, redheaded chica.
Format: Paperback - Released: 24/03/2011
Lynn Roberts
Cinderella moves into the era of flapper girls and the Charleston, in a new edition of this famous rags to riches tale. Lynn Roberts has crafted a humorous story straight from the art deco period that perfectly complements her brother's...
Format: Paperback - Released: 24/03/2011
Chris Priestley
Not for the faint-hearted, Tales of Terror from the Black Ship is a novel packed with chills, thrills, nail-biting suspense and heart-stopping revelations. With an exciting new commercial jacket treatment
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/03/2011
Chris Priestley
A chilling, scare-packed novel with more than enough fear factor for the most ardent terror fan. With an exciting new commercial jacket treatment
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/03/2011
Alan MacDonald
Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos! Join Bertie as he struggles to escape from the clutches of Angela Nicely, attempts to prove that anything Know-All Nick can do,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2011
Jacqueline Wilson
Sara always gets lumbered with looking after her little brother Bernard. And summer project at the local school is no different. There's so much to do - football, judo, trampolining, model car making, computer games and drama. But all Bernard...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2011
David Roberts
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2011
Jon Blake
There's a crisis at Owen Glyn Bowen Primary School - it's gone down a hole in the ground! But it isn't a problem for the headmistress as she arranges for school to continue as usual - on a ship! And...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/10/2010
Daren King
Spine-tingly fun at the spooky seaside, with our favourite frightfully friendly ghosties.
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
Alan McDonald
Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos! Join Bertie as he attempts to reveal grumpy Mr Grouch as a vampire, finds himself modelling the latest catwalk fashions and gets...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2010
Julia Donaldson
A crew of clueless pirates, one hairy troll and barrels o'laughs!
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/07/2010
Paul Fleischman
Miss Breakbone, the school mistress, hates kids. She shouts, she confiscates, she makes kids cry. But one day she goes too far. She confiscates the one-eyed cat that Junkyard is going to give his mum for her birthday. So the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2010
Alan MacDonald
Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos! Bertie finds himself in the dog house over his new robot dog, mistakes the Queen for one of his gran's friends at...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2010
Daren King
Tabitha Tumbly, Charlie Vapour, Rusty Chains and friends can't understand why the still-alives in their house are so mean. When Pamela Fraidy gets locked in the attic by a still-alive, the ghosties are determined to make the still-alives like them.
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2010
Alan MacDonald
Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos! Bertie finds himself desperate to go to the loo on the school coach, up to his neck in sand and trouble...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2010
Alan MacDonald
Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back another helping of comic chaos.
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2009
Daren King
Fresh from a jungle trip, Peter, his exuberant assistant Punky and their friend Harold discover their beloved ice-skating rink has been over-populated with some dubious-looking penguins. Determined to weasel them out and return their rink to its former glory, Peter...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2009
Julia Donaldson
A brilliant new sticker activity book for summer!
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/06/2009
Alan MacDonald
Bertie faces a barrage of footballs as the school's new goalie and battles to stay clean for the school photographer and gets hopelessly lost in a huge department store.
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2009
Alan MacDonald
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/03/2009
Alan MacDonald
Bertie, bribed by his mum to stop picking his nose, gets more than he bargained for with a magic trick and drives a museum potty on a school outing.
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2009
Chris Priestley
Uncle Montague lives alone in a big house and his regular visits from his nephew give him the opportunity to relive some of the most frightening stories he knows. But as the stories unfold, a newer and more surprising narrative...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/10/2008
Alan MacDonald
Features Dirty Bertie - the boy with the nose-pickingly disgusting habits.
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2008
Julia Donaldson
Whoever heard of a vegetarian T. rex?
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/07/2008
Jeremy Leslie, David Roberts
An encyclopedia, which covers questions such as: Was Beethoven a punk? Why is 10 to the power of 100 called a googol? How are smelly feet connected to nuclear weapons?
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/07/2008
G. P. Taylor
Fresh out of school, young Mariah faces a new chapter of his life, living in the Prince Regent hotel built into the face of a cliff. His job is to assist the magician in the stage shows held for the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/06/2008
David Roberts
Presents stink-tastic stuff to do including puzzles, dot-to-dots, mazes and gross recipes.
Format: Paperback - Released: 19/05/2008
Alan MacDonald
Format: Paperback - Released: 19/05/2008
Alan MacDonald
Bertie devises a new scheme for making filthy lucre, has a sickly time at the fairground and manages to teach a toddler her first word: Bum.
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2008
Jon Blake
All is peace and harmony in the House of Fun, with the grown-ups sucked up into the Spoonheads' space zoo. When Stinky finds a mysterious seed in the Attic of Horrors, Icky can't resist planting it. Then, events are unstoppable:...
Format: Paperback - Released: 18/10/2007
David Roberts
Bertie has his very own joke book, packed full of disgusting jokes that are guaranteed to have you laughing your socks off!
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2007
Alan MacDonald
Meet Dirty Bertie; a boy with nose-pickingly DISGUSTING HABITS!
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2007
Stewart Ross
A collection of eleven stories, this work follows the lives of slaves of various kinds around the world. These true stories span centuries and the globe, feature famous historical figures such as William Wilberforce and Catherine of Aragon and remind...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2007
Alan MacDonald
Features stories about Pants, Fame and Poop.
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2007
Lynn Roberts
Little Red is on his way to visit his grandmother when, ignoring all warnings, he strays from the path. Stealing the little boy's red coat, the greedy wolf hatches an evil plan and hurries to the cottage to gobble up...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2007
Jon Blake
The most hilarious, brilliant and disgusting series on the planet.
Format: Paperback - Released: 19/01/2007
Alan MacDonald
Meet Dirty Bertie - a boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits! He's full to bursting with madcap plans and crazy ideas, and if it's trouble you're after, look no further - Bertie's sure to be up to his neck in it.
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/09/2006
Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Morpurgo M.B.E., Anne Fine
Features three tales - Countdown , My Brother Bernadette , and Snakes and Ladders .
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/09/2006
Alan MacDonald
Meet Dirty Bertie - a boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits! He's full to bursting with madcap plans and crazy ideas, and if it's trouble you're after, look no further - Bertie's sure to be up to his neck in it.
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/09/2006
Dodie Smith
Dogs are the only creatures in the world that are awake and can communicate through thought waves. Pongo, Missis and the family swoosh up to London to see if they can help sort out what's going on. Is it Cruella...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/06/2006
Dodie Smith
When Missis and Pongo's puppies go missing, the two Dalmatian parents know the scary Cruella de Vil has had something to do with it. After all, she adores furs, and the Dalmatians have such beautiful coats... The dogs' pets, Mr...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/06/2006
Jon Blake
The most hilarious, brilliant and disgusting series this year. The three great mates Stinky Finger, Icky Bats and Bryan Brain are up against the Brain Drain ...
Format: Paperback - Released: 13/10/2005
Michael Lawrence
When a monstrous-looking baby yoomun is dropped from the sky by a large crow, Widdershins and the trolls of Troll Beardy decide to return it. They're not too keen on yoomuns, so there aren't many volunteers for this thankless and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 18/08/2005
Anna Powell
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/08/2005
Mick Gower
Pocket Tales is part of Pocket Reads, a superb collection of quality books that really capture children's imaginations! Pocket Reads have fantastic breadth and variety of genre, with Pocket Sci-Fi, Pocket Facts and Pocket Chillers making up the rest of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/07/2005
David Roberts
Bertie can be a bit smelly. When he trumps, it makes his mum cross, embarrasses his dad, upsets his gran and offends his sister. But they all have a secret - and Bertie knows what it is. Ages 3-7.
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/06/2005
Jon Blake
The three great mates Stinky Finger, Icky Bats and Bryan Brain are defending the House of Fun against an army of talking pigs ...
Format: Paperback - Released: 19/05/2005
Mick Gowar, David Roberts
Pocket Chillers is part of Pocket Reads, a superb collection of quality books that really capture children's imaginations! Pocket Reads have fantastic breadth and variety of genre, with Pocket Facts, Pocket Tales and Pocket Sci-Fi making up the rest of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/2005
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Stewart Ross
A riotous journey through the dangerous and dastardly antics of the adventurers who discovered chocolate, tobacco and other useful plant products!
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2005
Martin Waddell
Kind Emma lives all alone in her little cottage by the wood, with no one to talk to. But one snowy night Emma hears a knock at her door, and a tiny voice asking for help. When she takes pity...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2005
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Lynn Roberts
Poor Rapunzel can only dream about the world outside: her Aunt Edna keeps her locked up in their home. The lifts don't work and Aunt Edna is too lazy to take the stairs, so she uses Rapunzel's extraordinarily long hair...
Format: Paperback - Released: 22/07/2004
David Roberts
Bertie has shockingly dirty habits, from nose-picking to weeing on the flowerbed! Whenever he does anything dirty, Bertie's family shouts No, Bertie! That's dirty, Bertie! . Will Bertie ever kick his horrible habits?
Format: Paperback - Released: 31/07/2003
Lynn Roberts
Too blind to see what he is doing, Cinderella's father marries unwisely and brings home a heartless wife, her argumentative daughters and nasty little dog, who make life miserable for Cinderella until she triumphs in the marriage stakes.
Format: Paperback - Released: 17/04/2003
Jacqueline Wilson
For a little boy my brother Bernard has some big ideas. On Summer Project he was only interested in doing one thing: --Clothes Design--even though the other kids would call him Bernadette forever.
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2001
Sylvia Plath
Three classic children's stories from Sylvia Plath are collected together in one volume for the first time, they are: Mrs Cherry's Kitchen, The Bed Book and The It-Doesn't-Matter Suit .
Format: Paperback - Released: 09/04/2001
David Roberts
Contains a comprehensive collection of poems for children to enjoy, think about, and be reassured about their personal fears. This work includes poems which touch on topics such as being left out, making mistakes at school, and those niggling night-time...
Format: Paperback - Released: 16/11/2000
Philip Ardagh
When both of Eddie's parents catch a disease that makes them turn yellow and smell of hot-water bottles, it's agreed that he should go to stay with relatives at Awful End. Sadly for Eddie, those relatives are Mad Uncle Jack...
Format: Paperback - Released: 16/10/2000



























































































