Sean Taylor - author
Sean Taylor is the author of many books for children of many different ages. His books include the Purple Class series of comic adventures set in an urban primary school, a collection of folktales from the Amazon called The Great Snake, and picture books for younger readers such as Boing!, When a Monster is Born and Crocodiles are the Best Animals of All. Over the years he and his family have spent spells living in England (where he was born) and Brazil (where his wife is from).
Sean started writing poetry as a teenager. Then, in 1993, he came across a newspaper article which reported that a goat slaughtered by a Muslim cleric in Iran had been found to have teeth made of gold. He tried writing a story for children. It was called The Goat with the Golden Teeth. It won second prize in a competition run by The Independent and Scholastic Children's Books. Since then, Sean has focussed on writing for young readers. He also works as a storyteller, and has more than twenty years experience of working with stories and poetry in schools.
Website
For more information, visit Sean’s own website: www.seantaylorstories.comBooks
Sean’s picturebooks include:
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Boing! - with Bruce Ingman, for Walker
When A Monster Is Born - with Nick Sharrat, for Orchard
Chosen as Children’s Book Of The Month by both Waterstones and Borders and
Nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal Crocodiles Are The Best Animal Of All - with Hannah Shaw, for Frances Lincoln
Shortlisted for the 2009 Roald Dahl Funny Prize The Ring Went Zing! - with Jill Barton, for Dial Books The World Champion Of Staying Awake - with Jimmy Liao, for Walker Chicken World - with Garry Parsons, for Red Fox The Grizzly Bear With The Frizzly Hair - with Hannah Shaw, for Frances Lincoln Huck Runs Amuck! - with Peter H Reynolds, for Dial Books Who Ate Aunty Iris? - with Hannah Shaw, for Frances Lincoln We have Lift Off! - with Hannah Shaw, for Frances Lincoln Robomop - with Edel Rodriguez, for Dial 7 Robots and Me - for Andersen
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Purple Class and the Skelington
Purple Class and the Flying Spider
Purple Class and the Half-Eaten Sweater
Shortlisted for the 2009 Roald Dahl Funny Prize The Great Snake - with Fernando Vilela
Awarded 'Highly Recommended' status by Brazil’s National Foundation for Books for Young People
Chosen for free distribution to school libraries by the Brazilian Government A Waste of Good Paper
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