Overview

Walker Books – Ten in the Bed (Picture Book)

Join in with the famous nursery rhyme in this 25th anniversary edition of a bestselling bedtime favourite.

A beautiful 25th anniversary edition of a bedtime favourite, this is Penny Dale’s warm, funny and much-loved take on the bouncy bedtime rhyme of ‘Ten in the Bed’. With ten in the bed, it’s a bit of a squeeze! Roll over, roll over! But the little one gets cold all alone, and soon all ten are snuggled up and fast asleep. Children will love reading this famous rhyme and shouting out the crash, thud and bump noises – bedtime has never been such fun!

Paperback: 32 pages

ISBN: 9781406353099

Dimensions: 26 x 0.5 x 21.5 cm

Written by: Penny Dale

About the author: 

Penny is one of the UK’s leading illustrators of children’s books. The latest book in her ‘Dinosaur’ series for Nosy Crow is ‘Dinosaur Rocket!’ (2015) following on from ‘Dinosaur Rescue !’ (2014) ‘Dinosaur Zoom !’ (2012) and ‘Dinosaur Dig !’ (2011). She is an internationally-known, best-selling children’s book artist and author and has sold more than 4 million books, with editions in over 20 languages. Her much-loved picture book Ten in the Bed sold over 1 million copies worldwide. Her other titles have also met with great success : Bet You Can’t and Once There Were Giants were included in the UK SATS booklist for many years. Wake Up My B! was commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal 1988. Rosie’s Babies (written by Martin Waddell) won the Best Book for Babies award and was also shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1990. Night Night, Cuddly Bear and Ten in the Bed both won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Award in 2001 and 2002 respectively. Jamie and Angus (written by Anne Fine) won the Boston Globe Horn Book Award 2003.
Recent work includes The Boy on the Bus and Jamie and Angus Together, both 2007, as well as Princess, Fairy and Jamie and Angus Forever in 2009. Penny is married, has one grown up daughter and lives in South Wales.