Paul Delaney – illustratör

A wildly silly rhyming picture, perfect for fans of Oi Frog! Goats can’t be actors Frogs can’t wear shoes Moles cannot paint Plants can’t read news … The rules is the rules When it comes to who’s who And what who can do – And that includes YOU! … SAYS WHO?! The rules are the rules … except when they’re NOT! Join a host of creatures daring to challenge expectations – with HILARIOUS results! With a whiff of Dr Seuss and the silliness of Oi Frog, this delightful picture book story will have children in fits of giggles on every page…

Join Jenny Peckles and her chicken friends for a wild, rhyming adventure – perfect for fans of Hairy Maclary and Oi Frog! SHORTLISTED! Oxfordshire Book Awards – Picture Book category SHORTLISTED! West Sussex Picture Books to Shout About! Award SHORTLISTED! James Reckitt Hull Children’s Picture Book Award SHORTLISTED! Stockport Children’s Picture Book Awards LONGLISTED! KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards Jenny Peckles lays eggs with speckles. Featherly Botts lays eggs with spots. Sally McSquawk lays eggs that can TALK?! Hang on a minute … Down on Old Worrall’s Farm, the hens are laying their eggs … and FAKING spots, stripes, sparkles and speckles. Why? Because they all want to BE IN THIS BOOK!But it turns out spots, speckles and talking eggs aren’t what makes these chickens special. For this bunch of intrepid chickens, real life is FAR more exciting …

Oranges and lemons, dancing sausages, little kittens, ducks and turtles; golden slumbers, lullabies and Irish eyes – they’re all here, and plenty more.A wonderful collection of nursery rhymes to treasure, songs and poems to share, gathered by Sarah Webb and with joyful illustrations by Paul Delaney that jump off every page.Enjoy childhood favourites like ‘Old Mother Hubbard’ and ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’, classic ditties like ‘When Irish Eyes Are Smiling’ and ‘Skip to My Lou’, and funny rhymes like ‘I Made You Look’ and ‘Hot Dog’ that will cheer up any bedtime, as well as magical verses for children written by Spike Milligan and Gordon Snell and a beautiful lullaby by singer-songwriter Lisa O’Neill.