Little Yellow Dog Says Look at Me

by Francesca Simon, James E. Lucas (Illustrator), James Lucas (Illustrations)

Little Yellow Dog sniffs at it, creeps up on it, tries to chase it—and finds himself whizzing down the road on it. What is it? A skateboard, of course! And isn't he pleased to have an audience! James Lucas's witty, fast-moving cartoons illustrate a story by Francesca Simon that packs lots of comic action into almost no words. You have to smile at Little Yellow Dog as he explores the urban world he lives in, and meets a series of characters as delightful as himself.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Francesca Simon grew up in California and attended both Yale and Oxford Universities, where she specialised in Medieval Studies. How this prepared her to write children’s books she cannot imagine, but it did give her a thorough grounding in alliteration.

She then threw away a lucrative career as a medievalist and worked as a freelance journalist, writing for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, Telegraph, and Vogue (US). After her son Joshua was born in 1989, she started writing children’s books full time. One of the UK’s best-selling children’s writers, Francesca has published over 50 books, including the immensely popular HORRID HENRY series, which has now sold over twelve million copies.

Francesca won the Children’s Book of the Year in 2008 at the British Book Awards for Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman. HORRID HENRY is published in 24 countries and is also an animated CITV series. She lives in London with her husband, son, and Tibetan Spaniel, Shanti.