61. Eat Your Peas by Kes Gray and Nick Sharratt Red Fox, £5.99Kes Gray's award-winning picture book gave rise to a series of books about Daisy, the spirited little girl, who doesn’t like much of what she’s given for tea – and will not be tempted

The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins Children’s Books, £5.99)One day Henry discovers by mistake that books are actually rather tasty to munch on. He eats a word, then a sentence, then a page, then a whole book. Soon he

81 The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl Puffin, £5.99Despite there being an abundance of child-eating in Roald Dahl’s books, they continue to be extremely popular with children. In this story a mean croc in the muddiest river in Africa is out

kind of children’s book and had suggested a story to his publisher about a worm eating through the pages. In the story, the newly hatched caterpillar starts to look for food. On day one he eats one piece of fruit, the next two, the next three and so on

and eating pies, was frowned upon. “Being a dad in a house full of girls is brilliant most of the time,” concedes Jonty. “But sometimes everything just gets too pink and too high-pitched!” It’s this predicament that prompted Jonty’s first foray into picture

to find a different kind of children’s book and had suggested a story to his publisher about a worm eating through the pages. In the story, the newly hatched caterpillar starts to look for food. On day one he eats one piece of fruit, the next two, the next

with mirth as I do so because it’s such an amusing subject, even when you’re 49.Junior: What inspired the book? JW: What with all the bad news and all the worthy tomes, I just felt like saying Bottoms to it all. Toddlers are forever being told what to do

Describe Foxly’s Feast in ten words or fewer…Fox goes in search of some food to eat.Why did you choose a fox as your central character?I’ve always liked foxes, the fact that they’re a ginger animal. I’m not ginger myself but my father is and I

to like anything that moves around a lot being cheeky (think monkeys, lemurs, meerkats). Whereas I tend to favour the sleepy larger animals (lions, bears, sloths) who just sit around eating. Very telling, I know.The book has quite a collage-like feel. Why

wonderful) thing a new life coming into a family is and2) How much new babies look like aliens! (to any friends reading this, of course it wasn’t your baby that made me think this…). From there, all the pieces of this book fell into place.I wanted to tell