Jane Clarke

Hello!
 Thanks for clicking on my PictureBookDen page.

Here are links to some of my blog posts on the den:
'MY TOP THREE SURREAL EDITORIAL COMMENTS' 'TEN SIGNS THAT YOU'RE A PICTURE BOOK WRITER' 'DARNITDIPITY' 'COMPOSTING' 'READING ALOUD' 'REJECTION' 'SHARKS TEETH' 'PERSISTENCE' 'DOG PHILOSOPHY' 'ANIMAL CHARACTERS'

I’m passionate about picture books. My stories have been matched with some wonderful illustrators. The best moment is seeing the pictures for the first time. I hope someone somewhere is treasuring a crumpled copy of one of my picture books the way that I treasure the books I read to my sons when they were small. Now I'm a proud grandma of three small granddaughters, it's a huge joy and privilege to read picture books to them.

My latest picture books (2017) are

illustrated by Britta Teckentrup

and the first two books in the Sky Private Eye series illustrated by Loretta Schauer.

You'll find activity sheets for these and some of my others on our free downloads page.

Here are some of my other picture books:

illustrated by Emma Dodd

illustrated by Migy Blanca

illustrated by Charles Fuge

Older picture books include the award winning Gilbert the Great, Gilbert in Deep and Gilbert the Hero, all brilliantly illustrated by Charles Fuge, too.

Then there's Stuck in the Mud, illustrated by Garry Parsons

and Knight Time and Knight School, illustrated by Jane Massey. You may have heard them being read on CBeebies.


You'll find other picture books of mine on my website
 www.jane-clarke.co.uk

Here's my new series of toddler board books, illustrated by Georgie Birkett

As well as picture books, I also write early reader books and reading scheme stories

and I ghost write for several series including Dinosaur Cove, which I enjoyed writing a lot as my hobby is fossil collecting.

I'm working on several picture book texts ( I write at least 4 for every one that gets published) and my new Dr KittyCat series, which now has 6 books published in the Uk, and USA editions not far behind. I'm currently writing number 9.

Which explains why these days I can sometimes be found in a bookshop dressed up as a furry first aid cat...

You'll also find lots of  my poems published in many children’s anthologies.

It's great fun being a full time children’s writer and I love to visit nurseries, infant and primary schools to share my books and talk about being an author and to run poetry and/or creative writing workshops for children.

You can find out more about me through my website www.jane-clarke.co.uk  and contact me via the site or direct

jane@jane-clarke.co.uk
https://twitter.com/JaneClarkeWrite

http://www.facebook.com/JaneClarkeChildrensAuthor