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Colin McNaughton

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born

January 01, 1951 in Wallsend-upon-Tyne in Northumberland, The United Kingdom

gender

male

genre

Children's Books, Poetry

influences

comic books

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Growing up in his native England, the young Colin McNaughton had little indication that he would one day become an author-illustrator. There were no books at all in his parents' home, he recalls, but there were always comics. These were his formative literature, and their slapstick humor has been a lasting influence. "I've been talking about the comic format for years," he says. "It's the modern way of telling stories for today's children; it's about movement, the step between film and the book."

Colin McNaughton says he "hated school. The word 'school' still gives me nightmares." Opting for technical college, he admits he even "made a mess of getting in there -- I'd filled out the application wrong, and when I turned up for registration th...more

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Books by Colin McNaughton

Average rating: 3.89 · 504 ratings · 165 reviews · 116 distinct works

	Not Last Night But the Night Before by Colin McNaughton, Emma Chichester Clark (Illustrator) 3.67 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Suddenly 4.07 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1994 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Once Upon an Ordinary School Day by Colin McNaughton, Satoshi Kitamura (Illustrator) 4.00 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:
	We're Off To Look For Aliens 3.80 avg rating — 30 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Captain Abdul's Pirate School 3.51 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Captain Abdul's Little Treasure with CD 3.72 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Aliens Are Coming! 4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	Potty Poo-Poo Wee-Wee! 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Jolly Roger and the Pirates of Captain Abdul 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1988 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Making Friends with Frankenstein: A Book of Monstrous Poems and Pictures 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1993 — 10 editions	My rating: