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MEET THE AUTHOR...
Helen Oswald grew up in Essex. After graduating with a degree in English literature from London University she qualified as a journalist, working in newspapers. She went on to become a writer and editor at a number of high-profile organisations. Later, Helen studied for an MA in creative writing at the University of East Anglia, where she was tutored by former Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion. Her first book of poetry for adults, Learning Gravity, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for “Best First Collection” – and one of her poems appears in an anthology on the English school syllabus. Helen has only recently started writing picture books for children and is completely smitten, loving the chance to create fun characters and be imaginatively playful. She lives in Brighton and has plans to own some pets but since writing Cat and Dog and seeing the sorts of scrapes our furry friends can get into, she’s thinking more fondly of goldfish!
…AND THE ILLUSTRATOR!
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Zoe Waring grew up in Darlington, Co. Durham, surrounded by children’s books, colouring pencils and penny sweets. At University she studied graphic design, specialising in Illustration. She moved to London and won the Graduate Tigerprint Future of Design Award, and worked as a designer and illustrator at Hallmark Cards for three years. Her love for picture books blossomed and she went on to work as a picture book designer for Usborne Publishing, Random House Children’s Books, Scholastic and Bloomsbury Publishing, while spending her evenings filling sketchbooks with her own cute characters. In 2014, she took the leap from publishing to focus on her true passion: illustration. Loving the warmth and humour of children’s books, Zoe loves creating engaging characters that help to tell wonderful stories. Now working in her sunny studio in London, she can still be found surrounded by children’s books, colouring pencils and penny sweets.
WHAT OUR EXPERT REVIEWERS THOUGHT ABOUT CAT AND DOG...
Kate, 6, and Amy, 2, did some shared reading with Mummy. Here’s what they had to say about Cat & Dog...
“We really liked this book as it’s about our favourite animals, a cat and a dog. In the beginning they weren’t friends because cat sleeps in the night and dog sleeps in the day. They made friends because they missed each other. “The pictures are very nice and bright. Mummy read this story to us. Our friend would like this book because she likes dogs.”
