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Jonathan Emmett

Jonathan Emmett

Jonathan Emmett

Jonathan Emmett is a highly successful children's author and a talented paper-engineer. He worked as an architect before discovering that children's books were his true vocation. Jonathan lives in Nottingham with his wife and children.

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Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
A. Professional storyteller and fantasist, amateur neurosurgeon and astronaut.
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My life in 8 words: "Professional storyteller and fantasist, amateur neurosurgeon and astronaut."
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Pirate Pussycat: A Pop-Up Book of Crazy Cats! will be released on May 27, 2010 in Hardcover
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Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. He who hesitates is ... just hang on a moment ... Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you? A. Objectivity, Enthusiasm, Honesty Q. What’s your fantasy profession? A. Rock Star Q. What’s your greatest flaw? A. A tendency to make things up. Q. What’s your greatest fear? A. Climate Change and what it might mean for our children. Learn more about Jonathan Emmett

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AuthorsNow!, May 24, 2010
...by Mark Reibstein (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2008) She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain by Jonathan Emmett (Atheneum, 2007) Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery...
April Storytime Books
The Wild Rumpus, May 5, 2010
...Ballgame by Jack Norworth, illustrated by Alec Gillman Baseball Counting Book by Barbara Barbieri McGrath Someone Bigger by Jonathan Emmett Kite Flying by Grace Lin...
Bologna Blog | Day 2
David Maybury | Blog, March 25, 2010
...– Green Boy. (That’s not quite finished yet – he hasn’t decided what to call it) Jonathan Emmett and Poly Bernatene’s The Santa Trap is a december must-have: part comic and pure evil. There has been plenty of moving about in YA fiction –...