Upside Down Babies
Age 5+
Picture Books
Once when the world tipped upside down,
The earth went blue and the sky went brown.
All the baby animals tumbled out of bed
And ended up with very funny
mums instead . . .
'A joy to read aloud time and again. Delightful!' - Books for Keeps
Creators
Jeanne Willis (Author)
Jeanne Willis is an award-winning children's author and scriptwriter. She had her first picture book published by Andersen Press at the age of 21, and since then she has won the Silver Medal Smarties Prize (Tadpole's Promise), the Nasen Special Needs Award (Susan Laughs), the Sheffield Children's Book Award (Who’s in The Loo) and the Red House Children's Book Award (Bottoms Up). Jeanne has also worked on scripts for TV, including Polly Pocket and The Slow Norris, and a pilot TV series for Dr Xargle. She lives in North London with her husband.
Adrian Reynolds (Illustrator)
Adrian Reynolds was born in South Wales, and after studying at Swansea College of Art and later at Cambridgeshire College of Art and Technology, Adrian worked at Heffers Children's Book Shop before beginning to write and illustrate his own picture books.
Adrian's very first books were published in 1997 and since then he has published more than forty titles, including the hugely popular Harry And The Bucketful Of Dinosaurs series, written by Ian Whybrow. He has won the Red House Picture Book Award and the Sheffield Children's Book Award.
Reviews
A joy to read aloud time and again. Delightful.
Books for Keeps
What a hoot! The funny illustrations and humorous rhyming couplet text will have everyone laughing from start to finish in this inspired book.
EYE
Brilliantly funny . . . There’s not a thing I’d change about it, and it’s sure to be a hit at home and in the classroom
The Bookbag
Fun… Adrian Reynolds, as ever, creates wonderfully expressive animals
The School Librarian
Very sweet
Bookwitch
