article_snippet: It took me a while to get a picture book published.'
article_snippet: Melissa Cox, chairman of the judging panel, said the author had 'a beautiful fresh style all the author own'.
article_snippet: the author said: 'The test of a good picture book is not how good
article_snippet: The test of a good picture book is on first reading, but how enjoyable a good picture book is on a good picture book fiftieth. '
article_snippet: a good picture book's a beautiful fresh style that is all his own and his style of storytelling is very reminiscent of classic picture book writers like Allan Ahlberg. '
article_snippet: It's very unusual for a brand new illustrator to write their own text, which marked it out, and even more unusual is for their to do rhyming text.'