Abie Longstaff (Author)
Abie Longstaff is the eldest of six children and grew up in
Australia, Hong Kong and France. She knows all about squabbling,
chaos and bossing younger sisters around. So she logically began
her career as a barrister. She started writing when her children
were born. Her favourite childhood books were Hating Alison Ashley,
A Little Princess, Maura's Angel and The Black Stallion and she
sneakily reads them again sometimes. Abie lives in Hove with her
family.
Lauren Beard (Illustrator)
Lauren Beard is an illustrator based in Manchester. As a child she
loved drawing and reading, and would write and illustrate short
stories for her two younger brothers. She has been fascinated by
animals, fairy tales and folklore since childhood, when she would
visit her Irish Grandma and was told to "watch out for the
fairies!" Her work is hand-drawn and coloured both digitally and by
hand. Lauren enjoys adding little details to her illustrations
appealing to children and adults alike. Lauren lives with her cat,
Sushi, who keeps her company when drawing.
Kittie Lacey is the best hairdresser in all the land and she has
wonderful fairytale adventures too. It's soon to be Prince Charming
and Princess Cinderella's Ball, but Kittie faces a real challenge -
can she make Beast lovable? Of course, this IS a fairytale, so you
can be sure of a happy ending but it's quite different to the
traditional tale. This is a lovely series, peopled on every page
with a wondrous range of fairytale characters for children to spot,
and with some very contemporary twists on the outcomes.
*Parents in Touch*
Kittie Lacey is the best hairdresser in all the land and she has
wonderful fairytale adventures too. It's soon to be Prince Charming
and Princess Cinderella's Ball, but Kittie faces a real challenge -
can she make Beast lovable? Of course, this IS a fairytale, so you
can be sure of a happy ending but it's quite different to the
traditional tale. This is a lovely series, peopled on every page
with a wondrous range of fairytale characters for children to spot,
and with some very contemporary twists on the outcomes.
*Parents in Touch*
Definitely another hit book from this super duo whose use of
diverse characters breaks the mould.
*City Kids*
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