Giles write highly successful children's books. The first, Rumble in the Jungle, was an instant success and has sold more than half a million copies. The more recent Dinosaurs Galore continues the rhyming fun and vibrant illustrations that established Giraffes Can't Dance as a perennial children's favourite. The Lion Who Wanted to Love won the Federation of Children's Book Group's Best Picture Book Award 1998.

Giles more recent and equally enchanting titles are There's a House Inside My Mummy, Heaven's Having You, K is For Kissing A Cool Kangeroo and The Magic Donkey Ride. Giles's children's books have, to date, sold more than 1.5 million copies, making him one of the most successful children's authors working today. Giles Andreae is also the creator of Purple Ronnie, Britain's favourite stickman. This phenomenally successful cartoon character has made Giles the country's top-selling poet and an icon of contemporary popular culture. Following the success of the magical Princess Pearl and the exuberant Billy Bonkers, The Chimpanzees of Happytown is a beautifully written and brilliantly illustrated tale of a chimpanzee's efforts to spread happiness and joy through the town of Drabsville. Keep Love in Your Heart, Little One is Giles' latest title with Orchard Books. It is a lyrical tale of parental love and a child's boundless energy and enthusiasm for life, illustrated by Clara Vulliamy.

Over 35 million cards and one million books have been sold - four of them have reached the Top 10 Bestsellers lists. Purple Ronnie's extensive range of merchandise now encompasses cards, mugs, toiletries, books, games, confectionery, streetwear, stationery, jewellery, housewares and accessories. With £50 million of sales in the UK, Purple Ronnie is now one of the most successful licensed characters in the country.

Giles lives with his wife, Victoria, a children's clothes designer, in Notting Hill and Wiltshire. Giles and Victoria have three children, Flinn and twins Freya and Nat, who were born at the end of the last millennium.

"Bedtime reading to make fours to sevens and their grown-ups go all mushy." - The Express

" ... full of warm, noisy illustrations and affectionate poems ... fast-moving and great to read aloud, this is the sort of silliness that really keeps children amused." - The Independent

Award-Winning Giles Andreae
Children's Books Award Winner
Sheffield Children's Book of the Year - Highly Commended
Nottinghamshire Children's Book Award Shortlist
Stockport Schools Book Award Shortlist
Blue Peter Book Awards Shortlist

Bibliography

Picture Books illustrated by David Wojtowycz Cock-a-doodle-doo! Farmyard Hullabaloo (Audio tape also available) Commotion in the Ocean (Audio tape also available) Dinosaurs Galore The Lion Who Wanted to Love Rumble in the Jungle (Audio tape also available) Novelties illustrated by David Wojtowycz The Pop-Up Commotion in the Ocean The Pop-Up Rumble in the Jungle Board Books with Finger Puppets illustrated by David Wojtowycz Candy Cow's Barnyard Buddies Christopher Crocodile's Jungly Jingles Larry Lion's Rumbly Rhymes Olive Octopus's Deep Sea Ditties Patsy Pig's Farmyard Friends Sidney Shark's Seaside Shanties Picture Books illustrated by Vanessa Cabban Heaven's Having You Love is a Handful of Honey The Magic Donkey Ride There's a House Inside My Mummy Picture Books illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees The Chimpanzees of Happytown Giraffes Can't Dance (Audio tape also available) K is for Kissing a Cool Kangaroo Picture Books illustrated by Sophy Williams Princess Pearl Picture Books illustrated by Clara Vulliamy Keep Love in Your Heart Little One Fiction illustrated by Nick Sharratt Billy Bonkers Individual Titles Millenia the Angel

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