Cats sit on gnats, Dogs sit on logs, Raccoons sit on macaroons, Armadillos sit on pillows and Chicks sit on bricks. Children (and adults) will love the increasingly silly seating arrangements, and the ending will have everyone laughing. It’s still going strong and has helped me to transform Flora into a wide variety of non-human characters on World Book Day – including, memorably, a cute little Hungry Caterpillar.

Every time you successfully find the cat, you can hear a convincing meow of confirmation – it’s actually pretty hilarious and motivating at the same time. was Jim's first picture book, and his vibrant, energetic style and witty detail delighted children and adults alike. Flora’s verdict: “I enjoyed having my face paint done and hunting around the house getting all of my white clothes together. It may seem like a simple task at first, but in some cases the sneaky little creatures can be very difficult to find.Dog tries to help, running through various rhyming combinations, but Frog’s rules are rules and Cat is stuck on the gnats, until Dog has a brainwave: what if Cat was a kitty, or a mog? Armed with just four essential items – a professional face-paint kit, safety pins, a stash of coloured card and ribbons – I can throw together a World Book Day outfit in minutes, using the clothes in my daughter’s wardrobe. Photograph: Donna Ferguson Flora Ferguson, pictured in feline-form with dog Rosie: ‘She didn’t like it, because I was a cat!

After that you are free to continue to the next picture or to share your progress on social media if you’d like. The outfit: A dress with a pink twirly skirt (a ballet leotard would work equally well), and white tights to represent Angelina’s white fur.In this video I'll show you how to draw the little Mouse from 'The Lion Inside'written by Rachel Bright. Why we like this book: The illustrations are gorgeous and I like the way Angelina is determined to fulfil her dream of becoming a ballerina.

Not many children's books create a universe in which the characters inhabit, but Gray has achieved it. Flora’s verdict: “I enjoyed making and decorating the crown, and I liked dressing up with all of my jewellery the way a queen would. Learn to draw Quentin the duck from the picture book ‘Quick Quack Quentin’ written by Kes Gray and illustrated by me. won the 2017 Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award and was shortlisted for the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award and the British Book Awards in 2016, amongst others.Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. Here are five options using things most of us will already have in the house, and a good daytime activity that will cheer up those still remote-learning in the UK. As well as winning the Red House Children's Book Award for Eat Your Peas, Billy's Bucket and Daisy and the Trouble With Zoos(Random House), Kes was noted by The Independent as one of the top ten children's authors in the UK only a year after publishing his first book. The next hilarious rhyming picture book from award-winning Kes Gray and Roald Dahl Funny Prize winner Jim Field, creators of the bestselling Oi Frog!