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Giles Andreae, Author
Nick Sharratt, Illustrator
Series: Billy Bonkers
Imprint: Orchard Books
Publication date: February 5, 2009
Category: Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage)
ISBN: 9781408303573
Billy’s back, and he’s more bonkers than ever! Turbo-charged trousers at sports day … a monster waterskiing marathon … even a plateful of cheesy chips can lead to mayhem in the madcap world of
Billy and the Bonkers family.
Giles Andreae is the author of many top-selling, award-winning picture books. These include Elephant Me, Rumble in the Jungle, Commotion in the Ocean and I Love My Mummy. However, it is for the international bestseller Giraffes Can’t Dance that he is best known. Giles is also the creator of Purple Ronnie, Britain’s favourite stickman, and of the artist/philosopher, Edward Monkton. These two ranges of greetings cards, books and merchandise have made Giles the country’s top-selling living poet. Giles lives with his wife, Victoria, a children’s clothes designer, and their four children by the river in Oxfordshire.
Nick graduated from St Martin’s School of Art in 1984 and has been working as an illustrator ever since. His work encompasses books for babies through to books for early
teens and he has produced around 150 books to date. He is perhaps best-known for his illustrations for the multi-million selling author Jacqueline Wilson, but as well as this, he writes his own picture books and collaborates with various reputed picture book writers, on books such as PANTS and EAT YOUR PEAS.Recent awards include the Children’s Book Award, Sheffield Children’s Book Award, The Stockport Schools Award, the Experian Big Three Award. He has also been nominated for the 2003 Kate Greenaway Prize.