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Simon Chadwick

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Born

The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.ceratopiabooks.co.uk

Genre

Children's, Young Adult

Member Since

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Simon wrote and illustrated his first children's book shortly after leaving education. The book sold 5000 copies in two weeks and was featured as story of the day on BBC's Playdays. He has written the New Forest Friends series, the story part of the PRSIST books about children's cognitive development (Dr Steven Howard did the science bit), and The Rubbish Monster Thing. He is also the author of the Young Adult novel Natural Phenomena, writing as Simon R Chadwick.

Simon has illustrated over 30 children's books plus books on dietary health and animal husbandry, as well as producing ongoing cartoons and illustration for a host of High Street names, major attractions and travel companies.

He runs Ceratopia Books with his wife Josephine. ...more

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Average rating: 4.13 · 32 ratings · 10 reviews · 52 distinct works

	The Geopolitical Economy of Sport: Power, Politics, Money and the State by Simon Chadwick (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Paul Widdop (Editor), Michael M Goldman (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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
	The Rubbish Monster Thing 3.33 avg rating — 3 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
	New Forest Friends and the Litterbugs (New Forest Friends #1) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1994	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
	The Business of the FIFA World Cup really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 6 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
	New Forest Friends and the Pony Pests (New Forest Friends #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1997 — 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
	New Forest Friends and the Metal Monsters (New Forest Friends #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1996	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
	Short Stories For Kids: 38 Brilliant Tales From The Popular Podcast by Simon Chadwick (Goodreads Author), Lucy Davies it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	The Geopolitical Economy of Football by Simon Chadwick (Goodreads Author) (editor), Paul Widdop (editor), Michael M. Goldman (editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Dinosaur Kind: Salma Spinosaurus did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Animal Tales Short Stories: Book 15 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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