Lydia Monks

Lydia Monks lives with her husband and two daughters in Sheffield.  Her favourite subjects at school were Art, English and R.E.  She then went to Kingston University, where she studied for a degree in Illustration. A keen Irish dancer, she wins trophies at the weekend.  She also enjoys going to aerobics, watching films and visiting friends. Lydia lists her favourite food as ice-cream, and her extravagance as buying a cornflake cake at the bakers when she only went in to buy a loaf of bread!

Things you didn't know about Lydia Monks:

   1. She has ginger hair.
   2. She goes to tango classes.
   3. She has a sister called Julie who also illustrates children’s books.
   4. She doesn’t have any pets but would like some.
   5. She always talks to cats in the street.
   6. She listens to the radio all day while she works.
   7. She has won medals and trophies for Irish dancing.
   8. She used to have an old, green car that was born in the 1970s, which people used to laugh at.
   9. She uses teeny, weeny brushes to work with.
  10. She has a husband who is also an illustrator.

Click here to read a Q&A with the author from top children's publisher Egmont.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Lydia Monks

Babbit
Lydia Monks
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Best-selling author/illustrator Lydia Monks has a gift for entertaining and dramatic picture books. Babbit, a lovely Blue Rabbit, is happily enjoying a picnic when it is captured by the Witchy One...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/08/2011
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Eeeek, Mouse!
Lydia Monks
Saving a mouse is Minnie’s ambition but can she do it? How a family, including the cat, react to the arrival of a mouse in the house is a witty family story beautifully illustrated with loads of jokes for young...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/08/2009
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Aaaarrgghh, Spider!
Lydia Monks
A very funny story that is almost guaranteed to make spiders less frightening both to toddlers and their parents as they read it together; well may be until the last page.  Full of humour the story of an unloved, unwanted...
Featured in: Baby and Toddler
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2004
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