Jonathan Emmett

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Jonathan Emmett was born in Leicestershire in 1965, the son of a factory fitter and a primary school teacher.

Jonathan loved books from an early age and some of his earliest memories are of visiting his local library. The picture books that he borrowed then, including Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss and Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson have had a great influence on the picture books that he now writes.

It was while Jonathan was at college, studying architecture, that he first started developing his own illustrated texts, illustrating poems and lyrics that he’d written. Pleased with the results, he found himself spending more and more time on writing and illustration. Although he q

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MONSTER MAKEOVERS • New UK & US Picture Book

MONSTER MAKEOVERS • New UK & US Picture Book

I have a new picture book out in the UK and US!

Monster Makeovers is a Halloween-themed rhyming story, illustrated by Rae Minos and published by Boxer Books. Both the UK and US editions were published in July, but I thought I’d wait until Halloween was a little nearer before sharing it on

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