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Polly Dunbar

Polly Dunbar is a major picture-book talent. She is the author-illustrator of Penguin, Dog Blue and Flyaway Katie, and the illustrator of Shoe Baby, written by her mother, Joyce Dunbar. Her best-selling book Penguin has won numerous awards including the Book Trust Early Year's Award 2007, the Nestle Silver Children's Book Prize 2007, the Practical Pre-School Award 2007 and the Red House Children's Book of the Year Award 2008, and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Her series Tilly and Friends is being made into an animated series, to air on CBeebies. Polly currently lives and works in Dublin.

Featured Books, with extracts illustrated by Polly Dunbar

Arthur's Dream Boat
Polly Dunbar
This is a highly original and magical picture book with playful, modern touches and a breathtaking colour palette, so enchanting that readers will be scrambling for a seat in Arthur's dream boat! Click here to download an Arthur's Dream...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Picture Book Picnic
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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A Cat Called Penguin
Holly Webb
Alfie has always loved playing in the overgrown garden next door. It is here he plays with Penguin, an enormous black-and-white cat, a stray who Alfie has claimed as his own. But when his next door neighbour's granddaughter, Grace, comes...
Featured in: 7+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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Hello Tilly
Polly Dunbar
From inspired picture-book creator Polly Dunbar comes a colourful and charming new series following the escapades of Tilly and her friends. This is the first book in the series featuring Tilly. You're in the right place if you want some...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2010
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The Boy who climbed into the moon
David Almond
Author of the classic Skellig, and winner of the incredibly prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award, David Almond is a wholly original writer of magical and unusual stories that make anything and everything seem possible. Packed full of wonder and...
Featured in: 7+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/04/2010
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Books illustrated by Polly Dunbar

A Cat Called Penguin
Holly Webb, Kathryn Woodcock
Alfie has always loved playing in the overgrown garden next door. It is here he plays with Penguin, an enormous black-and-white ct, a stray who Alfie has claimed as his own. But when his next door neighbour's granddaughter, Grace, comes...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011

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Bubble Trouble
Margaret Mahy
Follow the hilarious efforts of the townsfolk as they chase the baby far across the town in an effort to get him down from the bubble safe and sound.
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/04/2011

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Measuring Angels
Lesley Ely
Two girls who don't get on are given a sunflower seed in class to grow. As friendship develops between the two girls, the little plant grows bigger and bigger...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/01/2011

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Goodnight Tiptoe
Polly Dunbar
'I'm not sleepy', says Tiptoe while Tilly gives him his goodnight kiss. Boom! Boom! Boom! goes Tiptoe's drum while Tilly sings him a goodnight lullaby. Will a bedtime story do the trick and send Tiptoe off to sleep? Ah, yes......
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/11/2010

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Doodle Bites
Polly Dunbar
Doodle is feeling bitey. And what better to bite than a big bottom - Tumpty's! But poor sore Tumpty is so upset he stamps on Doodle's tail... and now both of them are upset... and before long everyone is upset!...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/11/2010

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Here's a Little Poem A Very First Book of Poetry
Polly Dunbar
A selection of over fifty poems by English and American authors, including Wendy Cope, Roger McGough, John Agard, Grace Nichols, Colin McNaughton, Jack Prelutsky, Langston Hughes and many more.
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/10/2010

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Where's Tumpty?
Polly Dunbar
'I'm hiding', said Tumpty. 'You can't see me'! But everyone can see Tumpty, upside down under a large cardboard box, behind a pot plant. It's very funny. But later when they really can't find Tumpty - not in the cupboard...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2010

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Pretty Pru
Polly Dunbar
The green handbag with red spots, with blusher and nail varnish inside. Where is it? And who took it? No one is prepared to own up - but it can't remain a secret for long when her friends are wearing...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2010

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Happy Hector
Polly Dunbar
Hector is so happy sitting on Tilly's lap - until the others all join in and spoil it. But Tilly knows just how to show Hector how special he is to her... she has painted a picture just for him!
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2010

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Hello Tilly
Polly Dunbar
Tilly lives in a little yellow house with her best friends Tiptoe and Hector, Doodle, Pru and Tumpty and they play the trumpet, bang the drum, eat a feast and dance the Wiggle Wiggle Woo! Whump! Bump! Whoops!
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2010

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Penguin
Polly Dunbar

Format: Paperback - Released: 03/08/2009

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My Dad's a Birdman
David Almond
Lizzie and Dad live in a rainy town in the north of England. It's just the two of them, and Auntie Doreen, who pops round to check Lizzie's spellings and tell Dad he's daft - and make them nice hot...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2008

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Penguin
Polly Dunbar
Ben is delighted when he rips open his present and finds a penguin inside. Hello, Penguin says Ben. Penguin says nothing. Ben tickles Penguin; he pulls his funniest face; he puts on a happy hat, sings a silly song and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2008

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Down the Back of the Chair
Margaret Mahy
When Dad loses his car keys, toddler Mary suspects that they have ended up down the back of the chair, so Dad begins to search. Will the odd assortment of objects he finds be enough to save the family from...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2007

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The Runaway Chair
Pippa Goodhart
Aman's parents have moved - and taken the house with them! All that's left is a hole in the ground and an old chair with a big personality. This is a story of running away and coming home.
Format: Paperback - Released: 22/08/2006

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Shoe Baby
Joyce Dunbar
There once was a baby who hid in a shoe, and had learnt how to say 'How do you do?' In a shoe you might think there is not much to do, but this very same baby went to sea...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/08/2006

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Looking After Louis
Lesley Ely
Louis is autistic. Through imagination, kindness and a special game of football, his classmates find a way to join him in his world.
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2005

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Dog Blue
Polly Dunbar

Format: Paperback - Released: 01/08/2005

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Flyaway Katie
Polly Dunbar
Katie is all alone and feeling grey. The colourful picture on her wall looks a much better place to be. If only Katie could brighten herself up, who knows what might happen...?
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2005

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Starters S.: Lucy and the Firestone
June Crebbin
A new title in the highly acclaimed series for beginner readers, written using a variety of media, and ideal for use in compliance with the literacy strategy.
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/11/2004

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Starters: Dragon Test
June Crebbin, Polly Dunbar
This series of first readers uses several different media - posters, letters, video diary - to tell stories about subjects with strong child appeal, such as football, giants, dragons and highwaymen. They are suitable for use in the classroom or...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2003

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Starters: Hal the Highwayman
June Crebbin, Polly Dunbar
This series of first readers uses several different media - posters, letters, video diary - to tell stories about subjects with strong child appeal, such as football, giants, dragons and highwaymen. They are suitable for use in the classroom or...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2003

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Read Me: Poetry: A Saucepan on His Head
S. Ellis
A collection of poems and riddles, songs and chants, both traditional and modern. The material has been selected by Myra Barrs and Sue Ellis of the Centre for Language in Primary Education, and should be suitable for children who are...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2001

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