For me, that’s the acid test for any good book -that there’s something in it for everyone to enjoy.’Īpart from his wife and daughters, his passions – in no particular order – are: Herefordshire, where he retreats to write in a deeply rural Victorian villa digging walking with friends swimming cycling (especially in France) the poet Stevie Smith the theatre books, films and hedgehogs. “And I loved the sense that my mother and father were enjoying themselves too.
“I loved being read to as a child,” he says. While the grown-ups of the meerkat clan are out looking for food. Ian’s books are full of inventive and original humour and always writes with adult readers as well as youngsters in mind. Ian Whybrow - Meerkat Madness Fiction 7+ 208 pages. He is now published in 27 languages in 28 countries!īefore he took up writing full time, Ian spent most of his working life in secondary education, mostly as Head of English and Drama and later as Head of Sixth Form. Ian Whybrow is the best-selling author of over 100 children’s books, and is best known for his much-loved Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs books.
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