Jonathan Emmett
Jonathan Emmett (born 10 December 1965) is a British children's author and pop-up book designer. He is best known for his picture books including Bringing Down the Moon, Someone Bigger and The Princess and the Pig. His books have won several awards including the Red House Children's Book Award for Pigs Might Fly and The Week Junior Book Awards 2024, Children’s Book of the Year: Animals and Nature for The Tyrannosaurs's Feathers.
Jonathan Emmett

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- Name
- Jonathan Emmett
- Born
- 10 December 1965
- Birthplace
- Leicester, England
- Education
- University of Nottingham
- Occupation
- author, pop-up designer
- Known for
- Bringing Down the Moon, Someone Bigger and The Princess and the Pig
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Fields
- architecture · children's and young adult literature
- Languages
- English
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Jonathan Emmett (born 10 December 1965) is a British children's author and pop-up book designer. He is best known for his picture books including Bringing Down the Moon, Someone Bigger and The Princess and the Pig. His books have won several awards including the Red House Children's Book Award for Pigs Might Fly and The Week Junior Book Awards 2024, Children’s Book of the Year: Animals and Nature for The Tyrannosaurs's Feathers.
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Emmett has also written and paper-engineered several novelty books including, Alphabet Street and One Cat, Two Cats.
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• Name — Jonathan Emmett • Born — 10 December 1965 • Birthplace — Leicester, England • Education — University of Nottingham • Occupation — author, pop-up designer • Known for — Bringing Down the Moon, Someone Bigger and The Princess and the Pig • Website — jonathanemmett.com
Life
Life
Jonathan Emmett was born in Leicestershire in 1965. Best known as a picture book author, his writing is inspired and influenced by the picture books he read as a child including Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak and The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss. Emmett developed his writing and illustration skills while at the University of Nottingham studying architecture. He began writing and illustrating children's books in his spare time while working as an architect, but left the profession to pursue a career in children's literature. He has since written over seventy children's books and his work has been translated into 40 different languages. He lives in Nottingham, England.
Publications
Books by Jonathan Emmett • Title — Illustrator — Original Publisher — Year • Doohickey and the Robot — Oxford University Press — 1999 • Goblin Stew — Bloomsbury Books — 2000 • Serpent Soup — Bloomsbury Books — 2000 • Ghostly Goulash — Bloomsbury Books — 2000 • Fairy Cake — Bloomsbury Books — 2000 • Ten Little Monsters — Kingfisher — 2000 • Fox's New Coat — Puffin Books — 2000 • Dinosaurs After Dark — Curtis — HarperCollins — 2001 • Bringing Down the Moon — Vanessa — Walker Books — 2001 • Cosmo for Captain — Peter — Oxford University Press — 2002 • ' — Caroline Jayne — Hodder Books — 2002 • Caroline Jayne — Hodder Books — 2002 • Terry Takes Off — Peter — Oxford University Press — 2003 • Through the Heart of the Jungle — Elena — Hodder Books — 2003 • Someone Bigger — Adrian — Oxford University Press — 2003 • Ruby Flew Too! / Once Upon a Time, Upon a Nest — Rebecca — Macmillan Publishers — 2004 • What Friends Do Best — Nathan — HarperCollins — 2004 • Creature Colours — Jonathan — Gullane — 2004 • Robots — HarperCollins — 2005 • No Place Like Home — Vanessa — Walker Books — 2005 • Pigs Might Fly — Steve — Puffin Books — 2005 • Safari Shapes — Jonathan — Gullane — 2005 • ZOOM! — Christyan — Macmillan Publishers — 2005 • This Way Ruby! — Rebecca — Macmillan Publishers — 2005 • Rabbits Day Off — Thomas — Gullane — 2006 • Captain Comet and the Purple Planet — Andy — Oxford University Press — 2006 • If We Had a Sailboat — Adrian — Oxford University Press — 2006 • She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain — Deborah — Egmont Books — 2006 • Dig it! Build it! — Christyan — Macmillan Publishers — 2006 • Diamond in the Snow — Vanessa — Walker Books — 2006 • I Love You Always and Forever — Daniel — Gullane — 2007 • Captain Comet and the Dog Star — Andy — Oxford University Press — 2007 • Tom's Clockwork Dragon — Mark — Oxford University Press — 2008 • Vanessa — Walker Books — 2008 • Emergency Rescue — Christyan — Macmillan Publishers — 2008 • Go For It, Ruby! — Rebecca — Macmillan Publishers — 2009 • Leaf Trouble — Church — Chicken House — 2009 • Poly — Macmillan Publishers — 2009 • Bones — Alan and Steve Lumb — HarperCollins — 2010 • MONSTERS – An Owner's Guide — Mark — Macmillan Publishers — 2010 • Pirate Pussycat — Ed — Simon & Schuster — 2010 • Vanessa — Walker Books — 2010 • Foxes in the Snow — Rebecca — Macmillan Publishers — 2010 • Steve — Orchard Books — 2011 • ALIENS – An Owner's Guide — Mark — Macmillan Publishers — 2011 • Poly — Macmillan Publishers — 2011 • Vanessa — Walker Books — 2011 • Tyrannosaurus Rocks! — Ed — Simon & Schuster — 2011 • Wanda Wallaby Finds Her Bounce — Mark — Bloomsbury Books — 2012 • Callum's Incredible Construction Kit — Ben — Egmont Books — 2012 • Here Be Monsters — Poly — Macmillan Publishers — 2013 • Skyboy and other Stupendous Science Stories — Simon, Kevin Hopgood, Alex Patterson and Yannick Robert — Oxford University Press — 2014 • Danny Dreadnought Saves the World — Martin — Egmont Books — 2015 • Vanessa — Walker Books — 2015 • Elys — Oxford University Press — 2015 • Fast and Furry Racers: The Silver Serpent Cup — Ed — Oxford University Press — 2015 • Martin — Egmont Books — 2015 • Town Underground — Cambridge University Press — 2016 • Clever Computers — Cambridge University Press — 2016 • Prince Ribbit — Poly — Macmillan Publishers — 2016 • Scoop's Ups and Downs — Alex — Oxford University Press — 2017 • How the Borks Became — Elys — Otter-Barry Books — 2018 • Cleopatra Bones and the Golden Chimpanzee — Ed — Oxford University Press — 2018 • Alphabet Street — Ingela P. — Nosy Crow — 2018 • A Present for Rosy — Poly — Walker Books — 2020 • (with Dr Adam S. Smith) — Adam — UCLan Publishing — 2021 • Christmas Street — Ingela P. — Nosy Crow — 2021 • Sam — Templar Books — 2022 • (with Dr Adam S. Smith) — Stieven — UCLan Publishing — 2023 • Number Train — Ingela P. — Nosy Crow — 2024 • Monster Makeovers — Rae — Boxer Books — 2025 • One Cat, Two Cats — Rob — Nosy Crow — 2025
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