Bøker av Jason Cockcroft

A tender picture book about loss and remembrance set against the extraordinary beauty of the natural world, written and illustrated by the award-winning Jason Cockcroft. Just before sunrise, a boy and his grandfather set off on Grandma's favourite walk to find Grandma's favourite place. Is it the stream with the leaping frogs and flashing trout? The hidden hollow where the mother deer lives with her fawn? No, Grandma's favourite place is where she watched the sunrise. The perfect place for her grandchild to remember her.

A seemingly endless road trip for Lula and her father only seems to get worse when the car breaks down in the middle of the desert. Things are too boring and too orange until Lula encounters a mysterious painter who shows her that the desert is full of so much more to explore. This is an exploration of color, lighting, and the magic of art and nature, filtered through the lens of a fictional interaction with the artist Georgia O'Keeffe. Learn about the colors you bring along everywhere you go.

Rabbit and his mum have moved to the coast to run a small caravan park. Rabbit has been struggling since he saw his father die - he finds it hard to speak. When he befriends a local boy, Joe, Rabbit begins to feel better - but he keeps having strange dreams of a frightened white horse. Hunting for the animal, the two boys stumble across something much more dangerous: a man being held hostage by a criminal gang. Their discovery will set them on a dangerous path that will risk everything Rabbit holds dear...

Longlisted for the Carnegie MedalNominated for the Kate Greenaway MedalBoy lives in a caravan on his own in the woods. His dad, John, is in prison and promises to get out soon. All the boy needs to do is survive alone for a little while longer. But dark forces are circling - like the dangerous man in the Range Rover, who is looking for his stolen money. And then there are the ancient forces that have lain asleep in the woods for an age...

What would you do if a dinosaur turned up on your doorstep? He must learn exactly how to look after his dinosaur: what to feed it for breakfast, where to take it for walks and, most importantly of all, how exactly to deal with its dinosaur-sized poo!