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Jonathan Shipton

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http://www.jonathanshipton.co.uk

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Children's Books, Poetry, Short Stories

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Russel Hoban. Rupert Bear. Maurice Sendak .

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January 2010

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I was born in Birmingham in 1948 but have spent most of my adult life in Wales where I now live with my partner Viv. I have five children and three grandchildren who keep me young and fill me with ideas and inspiration.
I have always loved books and survived my dysfunctional childhood by burying myself in escapist fiction: Enid Blyton, Rider Haggard, G.A. Henty; Sherlock Holmes and Biggles were early addictions.

Although I have written stories and poetry all my life I started writing 'seriously' in 1989 when my youngest son started at play- group and I suddenly found myself with two glorious hours of uninterrupted time. It was now or never. After a pile of rejection slips I finally got my first picture book - In the Night - accepted in 1991 ...more

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Average rating: 3.55 · 164 ratings · 35 reviews · 24 distinct works

	How to Be a Happy Hippo 3.67 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What If? (Picture Books) by Jonathan Shipton (Goodreads Author), Barbara Nascimbeni (Illustrations) 3.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Biting, Horrible Crocodile by Jonathan Shipton (Goodreads Author), Claudio Muñoz (Illustrator) 3.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Busy! Busy! Busy! by Jonathan Shipton (Goodreads Author), Michael Foreman 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1991 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wolfie 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emily's Perfect Pet! by Jonathan Shipton (Goodreads Author), Garry Parsons really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Night really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Compass Series: Waiting for Snow (Compass Series) by Jonathan Shipton (Goodreads Author), Jenny Williams 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horrible Crocodile 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jonathan Shipton said: " Detective novels are usually just not my kind of thing. As a teenager I loved Sherlock Holmes but then I moved onto 'proper' fiction with love and other complications. I was given The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as a Christmas present and for the fir ...more "

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