Cuddles for Mommy - Hardcover

Ruby Brown is an experienced children's author, living in Sydney, Australia, with her two young children. To date, she has written eight children's fiction titles for Hardie Grant Egmont's Chirpy Bird imprint, covering topics from birthdays and cuddles to super heroes and astronauts.

Tina Macnaughton was born in Scotland and raised in the south of England where she still currently lives in Surrey with her husband and daughter. She began her illustration training when she drew every night in bed as a girl on a little chalk board until everything was blue, pink or yellow much to the frustration of her mother. Her parents' back garden was like a small woodland and with it came lots of wildlife and so she was always chasing something or examining some creepy crawly much to the horror of her family. When she was asked by teachers and other kids if she was going to be an artist when she grew up, her reply was usually 'No way, I amgoing to be a vet!' To the relief of many animals it dawned on Tina that she was much better at drawing animals than examining them. After university sheworked as a graphic designer for a few years until she decided to chase the dream of being a children's book illustrator.Tina went freelance in 2002 and has been published in 41 countries, from Japan to Brazil, and translated into 37 different languages including ones from her family roots of ScottishGaelic and Danish. She is best known for the 'Little Hedgehog' series of 12 books (and counting) the first being 'One Snowy Night', written by M. ChristinaButler and published by Little Tiger Press.
 
For a tiny insight into Tina's little world and to find out more about Tina's picture book illustrations or to contact her please visit Tina's web site tinamacnaughton.com