Ross Collins
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Born Glasgow, Scotland, 1972. Would eat anything and resembled a currant bun. Fond of drawing, the Bionic Man and precariously swinging backwards on chairs. Graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 1994 with 1st Class Degree in Illustration and the MacMillan prize. Spent two years in London cultivating exotic image of scribbling Scotsman abroad. Returned to Glasgow. Spends time illustrating picture books, watching cartoons, cat juggling and precariously swinging backwards on chairs. Has illustrated nearly a hundred children's books so far but could only be bothered to write nine of them. Has been given quite a few nice awards but no Tony as of yet. Photograph copyright Jasmine Fassl. About writer's events and projects:
I mostly do events for children around the ages of 5-8 at schools and book festivals. I also do the odd Adult Masterclass and talks about how to get started for Illustration students. Available Scotland-wide - within reason! Language:
EnglishAge groups:
0-4, 5-8Books written
Alvie eats soup. That's it. No swapping, no sampling. Just soup. Alvie's parents are at their wits' end. And then it gets worse. Granny Francesca, Alvie's famous gourmet granny is coming to town. ...
A little boy relucatantly goes to bed where he tries desperately to go to sleep! But he is distracted by the arrival of the sandman, the tooth fairy, two ghosts, Father Christmas (he's been tricked ...
The Pires are cursed with new neighbors. Things were just fine on Nostfer Avenue until the Wolfsons arrived. There seems to be no end to the new family's strange rituals. They stay up all day long, ...
Mum has just one thing to tell Harvey on Doodleday - no drawing allowed! But surely one little fly won't hurt? Not until Harvey's fly comes to life and starts to wreck the kitchen, that is! What can ...
When one young germ finds itself in the germ academy, he finds out that infecting is not really for him! Try as he might, he just can't work up the enthusiasm for sickness that his classmates - Snot, ...
Snip is a little crocodile who loves his dad. But when he realises he doesn't know what his dad DOES all day, he heads off with Max the monkey, in search of an answer. Snip soon discovers that his ...
Snip is a little crocodile who loves his dad. But when he realises he doesn't know what his dad DOES all day, he heads off with Max the monkey, in search of an answer. Snip soon discovers that his ...
The wryly comic tale of a small girl plagued by a mischievous 'elephantom' who rides up and down the stairs at night on a scooter, eats all her peanut butter and has his friends over for rowdy ...
The wryly comic tale of a small girl plagued by a mischievous 'elephantom' who rides up and down the stairs at night on a scooter, eats all her peanut butter and has his friends over for rowdy ...
Ben and his dog Belly live by the sea, and the sea is doing strange things. Time for Ben and Belly, under the cover of darkness, to set sail in their boat. With Belly's help, Ben suceeds in repairing ...
Books illustrated
This is a retelling of one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies in storybook form. It is a lively tale about love and what happens when the fairy world and the mortal world collide. The text is ...
Alvie eats soup. That's it. No swapping, no sampling. Just soup. Alvie's parents are at their wits' end. And then it gets worse. Granny Francesca, Alvie's famous gourmet granny is coming to town. ...
What would you do if you were born a penguin, but hated the cold? Would you have the courage to set off across the ice in search of a better life? Just as Attila does in this tale of a penguin, a ...
This work includes brightly illustrated, fun, phonics stories by top authors and illustrators. Carefully controlled vocabulary supports the teaching of synthetic phonics, allowing children to see ...
Written by Alan Durant.
Billy Monster can't sleep. There are chinks of scary light creeping into his bedroom and he has woken up twice after horrible daymares about boys and girls. ...
A little boy relucatantly goes to bed where he tries desperately to go to sleep! But he is distracted by the arrival of the sandman, the tooth fairy, two ghosts, Father Christmas (he's been tricked ...
Chomp, Munch, Chew is a natural history book with a difference. The simple text has a straightforward narrative and lively captions, both of which explain all the different ways animals eat and ...
Rumpelstiltskin, a private investigator employed by the king and queen, is looking into allegations that Cinderella is a gold-digger and fraud, only after Prince Charming's money. Open the evidence ...
Out from the pack came a greenish bottle, full of greenish liquid. Benedick held it like a green duck egg, like a handful of precious emeralds. "This medicine," he said, "will cure coughs and colds ...
RuthMay has a new hobby: chickens. And she is completely hooked! She starts out with just two, but in no time at all, she has 16 chickens to cuddle and count, morning, noon and night. RuthMay is ...
Ruth-May has a new hobby: chickens. And she is completely hooked! She starts out with just two, but in no time at all, she has 16 chickens to cuddle and count, morning, noon and night. Ruth-May is ...
Mum has just one thing to tell Harvey on Doodleday - no drawing allowed! But surely one little fly won't hurt? Not until Harvey's fly comes to life and starts to wreck the kitchen, that is! What can ...
Written by Damian Harvey
Eric Bloodaxe is a fierce Viking. A shepherd boy must deliver a special helmet to Eric before he is crowned king. Can he find Eric in time?
Esme mislaid her silver owl over 100 years ago and can't rest until she finds it... Fran has suffered a terrible loss and no longer trusts anyone... Who will help a ghost and a girl find what they ...
School holidays need no longer hold any horrors for the hassled parent. Whether you are trying to amuse a troublesome two-year-old, an inquisitive eight-year-old or a sulky twelve-year-old, this ...
Fairy Nuff makes a big mistake the night he is left alone in charge of the cottage. He lights a candle using, amongst many other explosive elements, a stick of dynamite, and everything goes very ...
Numbers started off as scratches on bits of stone and bone, but they are all we need to solve mathmatical problems. This title traces the history of "Arabic" numerals and the development of ...
When one young germ finds itself in the germ academy, he finds out that infecting is not really for him! Try as he might, he just can't work up the enthusiasm for sickness that his classmates - Snot, ...
The twins bring a frog to visit Gran... havoc ensues! A stage 3 Phonics book to help young children with new words and language.
An exploration of the world of males and females in the animal world and their sometimes bizarre behaviour as they attempt to attract each other's attention. A title in the WONDERWISE series, ...
Every night when Jack goes to sleep he has wonderful dreams. The only problem is he can't really remember them the next day. So one night he determines to go to the land of dreams and put them in a ...
Jalopy is a brand new, shiny red car won in a competition by Mrs Ethel Thomas, but Mrs Thomas can't drive, so sadly she puts Jalopy up for sale. Before she can sell Jalopy, petty crooks Masher and ...
Brightly illustrated, fun, "real" stories by top authors and illustrators focusing on key areas of interest for the age range. Covers a wide range of fiction genres.
Little Monster is learning to count by watching the world around him.
Little Monster is discovering opposites - from hot and cold to young and old from good and bad to happy and sad. Join him as he explores his surroundings! A useful board book for babies learning all ...
The Neanderthal winter lasts for months and months; it's a great time to go exploring. With ice, snow, mist and fog all around, there's lots of fun to be had - from sledging and hunting to rescuing ...
This selection of stories introduces us to Littlenose, the caveboy with an irrepressible sense of adventure. We find out how he comes to meet Two-Eyes, his pet mammoth, who been languishing in the ...
Another collection of stories about the terrible two-some! It's time for Littlenose to learn a little responsibility - so he goes hunting with the adults and is told to build the campfire. Chaos ...
Watch out...it's Crocus Day (the Neanderthal version of April Fools'). Littlenose has plenty of tricks up his sleeve, but will his tribe tolerate his mischievous antics for long? This collection ...
Things are never calm for long in this naughty caveboy's world. Littlenose loves to be at the front, whether throwing spears, firing a sling or dancing with a music stick. But with cold and hungry ...
Littlenose lives long, long ago, when fierce wild animals roam the land, and it is very cold. His home is a cave, his clothes are made of fur and his pet is a woolly mammoth called Two-Eyes. ...
Little Monster is worried - worried that it is going to leave home and travel away all on its own leaving Mother and Father Monster behind. But Little Monster soon realises that travelling away does ...
Miss! Miss! Bill is in a mess!
What a hard day for a busy school teacher!
A stage 2 Phonics book to help young children with new words and language
Mo is no ordinary mobile phone. She can't make calls, play games, and worst of all, switch off. However she can tell the future... and there's danger ahead. A fast and funny tale in which the mobile ...
More than anything, Gormy wants to be a big, scary monster just like his dad. But monstering isn't as easy as it looks! It's Gormy's birthday and as a special treat his dad takes him for an outing to ...
Gormy Ruckles is determined to be the most fearsome monster the world has ever seen! But when his father sets him a tall task - to scare a sheep - Gormy realises there might be more to monstering ...
Written by Guy Bass
Being a monster isn't as easy as it looks| Gormy can't wait to compete in the Junior Monster Contest. This is his chance to show off his scariest roar, his best ...
Written by Guy Bass
Being a monster isn't as easy as it looks| Gormy loves it when his Uncle Kruckles comes to stay - he's the coolest, bravest, most monstrous monster ever| Gormy ...
Gormy is fed up with everyone telling him he isn't monstrous enough yet. Why won't anyone give him a chance? And with a mysterious creature wreaking havoc all through the house, Gormy is going to ...
More than anything, Gormy wants to be a big, scary monster just like his dad. But monstering isn't as easy as it looks! Gormy's parents are going away for the evening and that can only mean one ...
Fairy Nuff has been rewarded with a knighthood for saving the kidnapped Queen. He has also become extremely rich through a windfall inheritance - what is left for him to do now but celebrate his good ...
Six Storey House stands in its little garden like a potted palm: tall thin and brownly dusty. Once a single family lived there, but now each floor has a different address. Dexi lives on the third ...
Written by Andy Stanton
Sterling Thaxton is in love. In love with Lizzie Harris - the beautiful new girl. Her hair is the colour of magic. Her nose is as sweet as music. Her arms are as slender ...
Supposing you woke up and the house was on fire and there was a big black hole in the floor beside your bed and you fell in and a spider fell on top of you. That is just what little monster's dreams ...
Tara has a party but Martha won't pass the parcel...
A stage 6 phonics book to help young children with new words and language.
The good witches of Wadingburn are worried - there's a new witch in town with a bag of magic bones, and she's so evil she makes their toes ache... Another fun-filled fantasty in the Tales from the ...
Cinderella's slipper is lost in the school play.
A stage 5 Phonics book to help young children with new words and language.
Old Mother Goose may have the rhymes we know well, but it's Daddy Goose who knows the stories to tell! Welcome to the Daddy Goose collection of five-minute stories, made from everyone's favourite ...
The wryly comic tale of a small girl plagued by a mischievous 'elephantom' who rides up and down the stairs at night on a scooter, eats all her peanut butter and has his friends over for rowdy ...
The wryly comic tale of a small girl plagued by a mischievous 'elephantom' who rides up and down the stairs at night on a scooter, eats all her peanut butter and has his friends over for rowdy ...
The poet Wendy Cope has chosen the stories in this wonderful anthology. It includes all types, from the humorous (about an oblong pancake or a dog who could talk) to the moving (a story about an ...
Marcus, Prince of Gorebreath, has a plan – he wants to take Gracie Gillypot on an adventure for her birthday, preferably to see a dragon or two. But then he discovers that there may be a dragon's ...
Arthur Godbold discovers a bronze head of the Roman Emperor Claudius.
As he tries to figure out how the head ended up in a Suffolk river, the
dramatic story of the Roman invasion of Britain unfolds ...
Third book in the Tales from the Five Kingdoms series which began with The Robe of Skulls.
It is a fine day for dwarf watching – at least that is what Gracie ...
...there was a slight pfff sound and a burst of light shot out of Ainsley's clasped hand. Instead of a dandelion, a fairy-like creature hovered over her palms. She was brilliantly gold and about as ...
Baby Betty is the smartest No-Nothing ever born. Of course, that's not saying much. After all, her parents wouldn't know a diaper if one landed on their heads (we know - we saw it happen.) Their baby ...
All is not well in the crumbling castle high above the mountain village of Fracture. The sorceress Lady Lamorna has her heart set on a new robe. It is a very expensive new robe. To get the cash ...
All is not well in the crumbling castle high above the mountain village of Fracture. The sorceress Lady Lamorna has her heart set on a new robe. It is a ...
Ben and his dog Belly live by the sea, and the sea is doing strange things. Time for Ben and Belly, under the cover of darkness, to set sail in their boat. With Belly's help, Ben suceeds in repairing ...
Everyone gets in bad moods sometimes. But one day a little girl wakes up in a bad mood that is very hard to shift. Try as she might she can't get rid of the grumpies. Until, that is, she takes an ...
Jack Baker and Jack Barker couldn't be more different at school - but their lives are turned upside down and round about in this story of mistaken identity.
William travels to a Greek isle to meet his long-lost father. There he meets a talking swan, who is really Zeus, king of the gods - and he desperately needs William's help. The knot that ties the ...
Written by Laura North
Theseus wants to prove he is a hero. He attempts to defeat a terrible beast but he must journey deep into the labyrinth. Can he beat the monster and find his ...
It's a big day for Ollie. For the first time he is allowed to go to the shops on his own to buy some cheese for his mum (and some sweets for himself). Although Mum warns him of many things to watch ...
A small boy's fantasies about being different creatures get him into all sorts of mischief!
written by Tom MacRae
Written by Mij Kelly
I went hunting for giants. I searched far and wide.
They’re bigger than houses. So WHERE do they hide?
If you stop for a moment and look ...
These books are enchanting guessing games and a delightful way of encouraging children to identify animals in their environment. Dramatic and vivid illustrations and a highly descriptive text will ...
One of a series of titles which uses guessing games as a way of encouraging children to identify animals in their natural environment.
One of a series of titles which uses guessing games as a way of encouraging children to identify animals in their natural environment.
These books are enchanting guessing games and a delightful way of encouraging children to identify animals in their environment. Dramatic and vivid illustrations and a highly descriptive text will ...
Who said Boo? Was it a witch with a long, pointy face? Or a monster with tentacles, haunting the place? Can you help spot who... or WHAT... is playing spooky Halloween tricks? Dynamic oversized flaps ...
When Sheriff Woollens find that someone has rustled his onions, he immediately suspects Wild-West Winnie. The sheriff is soon hot on her trail, but clever Winnie has a few surprises for him. Could ...
In this lively history of writing, six goofy birds -- a penguin, two toucans, an owl, and two chickens -- team up to tour the world of writing: how it developed, where alphabets came from, and the ...
