Awards and Nominations

The Great Farty Slob Beast

The Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat
Highly commended for the Macmillan Children’s Book Prize
Longlisted for Oscar’s First Book Prize Regularly featured on BBC’s CBeebies
A Toppsta 100 Most popular Children’s Books 2017

Philomena, the Cat who Thinks She’s a Dog
Innis Guide Selection 2018–19

Dougal Daley: It’s Not My Fault
A Toppsta Best Children’s Books 2017

Grandpa Kuma
A Read for Empathy Collection choice 2025
Longlisted for The Klaus Flugge Prize 2025
A Week Junior Book Awards finalist 2025

Alfred and the Blue Whale
A Guardian Best New Kid’s Book 2019

A Postcard to Ollis
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal
Winner of the Nynorsk Prize 2017 for Excellent Prose

Dougal Daley: I’m Phenomenal
A Summer Reading Challenge selection 2020

Pink!
A Guardian Best New Kid’s Book 2019
A Toppsta 100 Most Popular Children’s Books 2019

Jacob’s Music
A Summer Reading Challenge Selection 2024

Elise and the Second-hand Dog
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal
Runner-up Book Trust’s In Other Words 2017
A Book Trust Great Books Guide selection 2018

The Curiosity Club: Alice Alone
A Summer Reading Challenge selection 2022

Newt in a Suit
A BBC Bitesize choice

Mustafa’s Jumper
A Toppsta 100 Most Popular Children’s Books 2019

Double Felix
A 2021 Reading Agency Library Giveaway
A Reading Well for Children booklist selection 2020