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Biographical note
Ross Collins's primary 1 teacher, Mrs Spears, told his parents that he should go to art school. 13 years went by until he was finally 'old enough' to get into the Glasgow School of Art. Can you believe that? - 13 years. On graduating he won the Macmillan Prize for his first picture book. Since then he's illustrated over 100 books for children and written a few of them too. Several of them have won enormous glittering awards which he keeps in a box in Latvia. Ross's book The Elephantom was recently adapted into a critically acclaimed play by those clever people at the National Theatre who made that War Horse thing. When he's not creating children's books he enjoys working on character development for animation studios like Laika and Disney. He also likes walking in the Scottish glens with his dog Hugo, who is an idiot, and his partner Jacqui and son Ridley, who are not.Friendship comes first in this hilarious Halloween story about the iconic mouse and bear duo from There's a Bear on My Chair.
It's Halloween - woo-hoo! - and Bear is determined to scare Mouse. Mouse, however, isn't fooled by Bear's clumsy attempts to dress up . . . Bear's ghostly wail is just plain silly and his werewolf smells of wet dog. But wait! Who's knocking at the door now? This mysterious monster might just scare them both!
Watch out, it's Fright Night! Will YOU be fooled by Bear's spooky costumes?
Can't get enough? Look out for more Mouse and Bear shenanigans from Ross Collins:
- There's a Bear on My Chair
- There's a Mouse in My House
- We Disagree About This Tree
Praise for There's a Bear on My Chair (now a spectacular stage show!):
"This stylish, Dr. Seussian, laugh-together picture book delights in simple, scanning rhyme, funny lines, a surprise ending and Collins's sure, comical draughtmanship" - The Sunday Times
Winner of The Amnesty CILIP Honour 2016
Shortlisted for The Kate Greenaway Medal 2016
Friendship comes first in this hilarious Halloween story about the iconic mouse and bear duo from There's a Bear on My Chair.
It's Halloween - woo-hoo!
It's Halloween tonight - woo hoo!
I'm going to scare you through and through!
A hilarious sequel to There's a Bear on My Chair
Winner of the Amnesty CILIP Honour
"A stylish, Dr Seussian, laugh-together picture book"
The Sunday Times
"Packed full of joyous humour: it develops children's empathy and shows how we can protest creatively and peacefully when something is wrong"
Amnesty CILIP Honour
It's Halloween tonight - woo hoo!
I'm going to scare you through and through!