Mike Smith (Illustrator)

An update on The Hundred Decker Bus.

It’s been featured as one of Amazon’s Children’s Picks of the Month!

I’ve been asked whether it’s in the shops. The answer is yes, many independent bookshops seem to be stocking it. Furtive investigations by my mother-in-law special agent in the field have revealed that each Waterstones branch is stocking one copy, presumably to test the water. So if you are thinking of buying a copy then that would be a good place to go: it would encourage them to order more and perhaps even feature them. Apparently Asda are selling them too.

*This post is really just an excuse to use that pun. Newspaper subeditors, please feel free to steal it.

My book, The Hundred Decker Bus, is published in one week!

In celebration here is one of my favourite pages.

Sorry for the lack of diary entries here recently. Been very busy organising lots of things all at once, which is a challenge for me.

In the meantime, here’s the first spread of Hundred Decker Bus, for something to look at. Notice the red double-decker bus! Macmillan deserve much thanks for letting that appear in a picture book in this homogenised world.