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Ros Asquith
Author / Illustrator
Agent
| Jodie Marsh | +44 (0) 20 3214 0891 |
About
Ros Asquith has been a Guardian cartoonist for 20 years and has written and illustrated over 60 books for young people. She answered only to the name of Jim until she was five and believed herself to be an Apache brave until she was nine. Her first job, aged 17, was illustrating Greek Myths for an American audio visual company. She graduated from Camberwell School of Art, working as a photographer, designer and teacher before becoming theatre critic for Time Out magazine, Co-Theatre Editor of CITY LIMITS, deputy Theatre critic of the OBSERVER and diary writer for TV TIMES. Ros has two sons and lives in North London with a jazz critic. Latest Publication: LETTERS FROM AN ALIEN SCHOOLBOY: GALACTIC POODLE (Picadilly Press, 1st June, 2012) Another hilarious Alien Schoolboy story, which is sure to appeal to even the most reluctant readers. The first book was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl funny prize, and was described by Michael Rosen as 'inventive, clever, warm... a sort course in learning how to laugh'. Translated from Alien by Ros Asquith. Visit Ros' Website: |
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Non-Fiction
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| YUMMY STUFF: ROS ASQUITH'S TEEN COOKBOOK: THE NO WORRIES GUIDE TO COOKING 2009 A&C BLACK | Written and illustrated by best-selling author and illustrator Ros Asquith, teenagers will be provided with helpful survival recipes for when needs must such as what to cook when your parents are on holiday or if you need a favour, as well as recipes which are just for fun. Teen Cookbook will capture the imaginations of younger and older teens alike through approx. 120 practical recipes with humorous headers and hands-on cartoon-style illustration. |
Children's
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| LETTERS FROM AN ALIEN SCHOOLBOY: COSMIC CUSTARD 2011 Picadilly Press | Alien schoolboy Flowkwee is back in a brand new adventure, set to prove that four heads are better than one and save Earth from destruction by cosmic custard! Will all the miserable whining Earthlings and the fluffy clouds and chocolate and cheerful worms and cardboard be destroyed? If you are the kind of lazy good for nothing duffer of an Earthling who just puts this book right back on the shelf then you'll never ever ever ever ever know. The first book in the series Letters From an Alien Schoolboy has been shortlisted for the 2011 Roald Dahl Funny Prize! |
| THE GREAT BIG BOOK OF FAMILIES 2010 Frances Lincoln | What is a family? Once, it was said to be a father, mother, boy, girl, cat and dog living in a house with a garden. But as times have changed, families have changed too, and now there are almost as many kinds of families as colours of the rainbow - from a mum and dad or single parent to two mums or two dads, from a mixed-race family to children with different mums and dads, from families with a disabled member to those with a mum or dad in prison. Mary Hoffman takes a look through children's eyes at the wide varieties of family life: from homes, food, ways of celebrating, schools and holidays to getting around, jobs and housework, from extended families, languages and hobbies to pets and family trees - and she concludes that, for most people, their own family is the best one of all! With Ros Asquith's delightful pictures, this book takes a fresh, optimistic look at families of today. |
| TRIXIE AND THE DREAM PONY OF DOOM 2010 Harper Collins Children's Books | Trixie is a fun and fiesty free-thinker who never seems to hear the word ‘NO’! Trixie has a heart of gold and a love of animals so big it even includes nits! She’s passionate about vegetarianism, music and Building a Better World. All Trixie has ever wanted is her very own horse – and when her gran wins money in a competition, Trixie's dream finally comes true. But the pony turns out to be more of a nightmare than a dream come true – after all, where DO you keep a pony in a suburban house? In the bedroom? Worth a try, maybe. Trixie's brain will have to work overtime to solve this one! |
| LETTERS FROM AN ALIEN SCHOOLBOY 2010 Picadilly Press | Flowkwee is on a mission - he has to disguise himself as a schoolboy and spy on young earthlings, in order to help his father with his research. Here are his letters to his best friend, in which he tells him all about his adventures. He describes the strange earthlings who have only one head, two peepers, and no aerials, lights, whirlers or even winkers! He has to wear things called clothes because the earthlings can't be bothered to grow fur. And he discovers the fool-proof way to catch earthlings is to tell them to follow a sign saying `Free ice cream!' http://www.writeaway.org.uk/content/letters-alien-schoolboy |
| FIBBY LIBBY: A SHARK ATE MY SOCKS 2009 Happy Cat Books | Libby - the little girl with the Huge imagination. Deceptively simple stories, with lots of truth and tenderness in them. Libby is a real character, impossible not to like her. |
| FIBBY LIBBY: A GHOST ATE MY TOAST 2008 Happy Cat Books | Libby - the little girl with the Huge imagination. Deceptively simple stories, with lots of truth and tenderness in them. Libby is a real character, impossible not to like her. FIBBY LIBBY: A GHOST ATE MY TOAST has been shortlisted for the surrey libraries children's book award www.surreycc.gov.uk/childrensbookaward |
| GIRL WRITER: SPIES AND LIES 2008 Piccadilly Press | Welcome to the wacky world of Cordelia Arbuthnott. Cordelia wants to be a bestselling author, and is keen to practice, but real life keeps getting in the way! Cordelia Arbuthnott is determined to become a world famous author and her latest passion is writing the adventures of Shirley Holmes, Sherlock’s younger sister. But as she gets stuck into The Bat of the D’Urbervilles, her interest in a real life mystery involving her schoolmate, Viola, deepens. |
| GIRL WRITER: SLEUTHS AND TRUTHS 2007 Picadilly Press | With the help of her best friend Callum, she discovers that Viola’s dad is in jail for bank robbery. Cordelia is convinced he’s not the real culprit and the three of them are determined to prove his innocence. But are they right? |
| WATERBOY 2008 Templar | This deceptively simple story reveals the world through the eyes of a young boy at play. One moment he's a “water boy” splashing at the seaside, then a “grass boy” discovering nature's scents, then a “farm boy” romping with animals. Finally, at the book's end, he's a “bed boy,” dreaming of his next adventure. Ros Asquith's expressive text, perfect for reading aloud, captures the boy's delight in the world around him, while Ian Andrew's beautiful illustrations evoke all the sights and sounds of a perfect summer day. |
| TRIXIE ACE GHOST BUSTER 2008 HarperCollins | Ghostly goings-on disrupt Trixie's Save the World With a Song concert, resulting in typically hilarious chaos for everybody's bestest friend. If there is one Very Extremely true fact about Trixie, it is this -- her life is NEVER straightforward. And this time the list of crazy things all happening at once is nearly a mile long! / Just who or what is the Ghost of St Aubergine's Primary School and what does it want? / Why does the Save the Car Factory meeting have to be on the same day as Trixie's Save the World with a Song Concert? / Where on earth has her trumpet gone and how is she going to tell her parents she's lost it? / And why is that dirty old man following her everywhere? Trix and friends are determined to get to the bottom of it all, no matter what! |
| TRIXIE FIGHTS FOR FURRY RIGHTS 2007 HarperCollins | Trixie's beloved doggy Harpo (yes, the infamous Doggy Yap Star) had puppies and the day has come to find them a new home, much to Trixie's despair. Nothing she says can convince her parents that they really DO need to keep all of the Very Extremely cuddly and talented furry friends. Nobody understands that Trixie is the only person who can bring up puppies, when everyone else keeps calling them "Dumb Animals" and outrageous things like that. Especially the local posh lady who wants to buy THE WHOLE LITTER, convincing Trixie that they have their very own Cruella de Ville situation on hand. Naturally, Trixie has a plan involving a school project, teaching the new dogs old tricks, and a Very Extremely Brilliant trap!! |
| TRIXIE GETS THE WITCH FACTOR 2007 HarperCollins | Trixie explores her witchy genes (inherited through seventeen generations) at a school for witches, which is Very Extremely NOT Hogwarts! Trixie can't believe her luck when she's invited to attend a half-term taster course in witchcraft and Wizardry at Conundrums Academy. But her witchy prowess and her inventiveness are tested to the full by the Very Extremely peculiar rules and punishments, and the generally strange goings-on. Trixie is also on a secret mission to find a Long Lost Family Heirloom rumoured to be somewhere in the school. And if anything goes wrong -- the Evil Force will mince her! |
| TRIXIE AND THE AMAZING DOGGY YAP STAR 2007 HarperCollins | Trixie is a fun and fiesty free-thinker who never seems to hear the word 'NO'! The first book in this hilarious and charming illustrated series is sure to have girls hooked. Trixie has a heart of gold and a love of animals so big it even includes nits! She's passionate about vegetarianism, music and Building a Better World. In this first adventure Trixie loses her precious trumpet -- just days before she's supposed to be playing a solo in her school's Save the World with a Song concert! But everything starts to fall into place when she finds out her beloved dog Harpo can talk! Enter Harpo the talking, singing, doggy yap star! Will he be able to help her out of her sticky situation? With fun and quirky illustrations throughout and laughs on every page, the Trixie stories are guaranteed to entertain. |
| TRIXIE AND THE DREAM PONY OF DOOM 2007 HarperCollins | All Trixie has ever wanted is her very own horse -- and when her gran wins money in a competition, Trixie's dream finally comes true. But the pony turns out to be more of a nightmare than a dream come true -- after all, where DO you keep a pony in a suburban house? In the bedroom? Worth a try, maybe. Trixie's brain will have to work overtime to solve this one! |
| TRIXIE'S VERY EXTREMELY BRILLIANT GUIDE TO EVERYTHING 2007 HarperCollins | In this handy guide, Trixie offers her very own advice, answering all those difficult questions that girls have. Like, how to cope with getting up to go to the loo when you're at a Sleepover? How not to be afraid of the dark? How to deal with embarrassing parents etc. In handy A to Z format, girls just have to think of the first letter of their problem and look up for Trixie's marvellous advice! |
