A few weeks ago I learned that Watts and Whiskerton: Buried Bones and Troublesome Treasure has been shortlisted for a Week Junior Award in the Fiction Younger category, which is lovely news.
You can find the other fantastic shortlistees here, as well as the nominees in all the other categories. It's a great place to discover new books.
The winners are announced in September.
Watts and Whiskerton: Sabotage at the Fete Cake Bake is finally out!
It has been published today which is strange because it feels like it's been out forever, only because I've known about it so long and I finished the book several months ago. But it's nice to know readers can finally get their hands on it.
For those who don't know, this is the second book in the Watts and Whiskerton series. They are a detective duo (and best friends) and each book is its own mystery so you don't have to read them in order, but it doesn't hurt.
It's perfect for new readers, budding detectives and young bakers.
I'm currently working on the final art for book three so I'd better get back to it.
This is Pearl. She's the Whiskerton half of Watts and Whiskerton, my new detective duo. You can read all about them in Watts and Whiskerton: Buried Bones and Troublesome Treasure.
Pearl meets Watts for the first time when he comes to stay at her home, Whiskerton Manor. She lives there with her dad, Count Whiskerton, and pretty much as soon as Watts arrives all sorts of strange goings-on start to occur.
Pearl is incredibly smart and she loves mysteries, puzzles sand jigsaws. She really wants to be a detective. She persuades Watts to help her investigate the mysteries at the manor, and fills her new friend with confidence along the way.
This is the earliest sketch I can find of Pearl. At this point I had written 'Penelope?' beside her, but I wanted a more cat-like name so Pearl (Purr-l) was perfect. I've also changed her outfit. When I was looking through old-fashioned kids clothes I noticed a lot of them wore a version of a sailor suit, and it was so adorable I wanted Pearl to have one. I also got rid of her fangs. Some of the drawings in the book are so small that it was a detail that would get lost easily.
Right now I'm working on Watts and Whiskerton book 2 but book one is now available and you can buy it from your lovely local bookshop or by CLICKING HERE
Today I was excited to discover that Wee Unicorn has been shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Awards 2024 in the picture book category.
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