Oi Cat!: Kes Gray (Oi Frog and Friends)

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Why we like this book: It forces you to say the most preposterous things and is lots of fun to read aloud.

Sometimes they are obscured by other objects in the frame, while at other times they are hiding in plain sight camouflaging themselves into the environment. He is also a hugely talented illustrator and animation director whose previous clients have included Waterstones, Sainsbury's, Oxfam, The Independent, The Guardian, The FT, Channel 4, Virgin Mobile, Nokia, GQ, Haymarket and BAC.

Why we like this book: The pictures of all the different knickers the Queen wears for different occasions are so funny, “especially the emergency knickers which have a parachute,” says Flora. Children (and adults) will love the increasingly silly seating arrangements, and the ending will have everyone laughing. The combination of Gray's writing and Field's illustrations work wonderfully once again, no matter what Gray fires at Field, he can draw it. It’s still going strong and has helped me to transform Flora into a wide variety of non-human characters on World Book Day – including, memorably, a cute little Hungry Caterpillar. Every time you successfully find the cat, you can hear a convincing meow of confirmation – it’s actually pretty hilarious and motivating at the same time.

In this video I'll show you how to draw the little Mouse from 'The Lion Inside'written by Rachel Bright. won the 2017 Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award and was shortlisted for the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award and the British Book Awards in 2016, amongst others. Find all the precious balls of fur, train your pattern recognition skills and improve your reflexes by playing FindCat. was Jim's first picture book, and his vibrant, energetic style and witty detail delighted children and adults alike. Flora’s verdict: “I liked dressing up as a cat, because I could hiss at my dog, Rosie – and she didn’t like it, because I was a cat!Cat has to come up with a different name to rhyme something with, and dog has some great suggestions. As well as winning the Red House Children's Book Award for Eat Your Peas, Billy's Bucket and Daisy and the Trouble With Zoos(Random House), Kes was noted by The Independent as one of the top ten children's authors in the UK only a year after publishing his first book. Learn to draw Quentin the duck from the picture book ‘Quick Quack Quentin’ written by Kes Gray and illustrated by me. Helps to have: Jewel and star stickers for the crown, plus the two key weapons in every disorganised parent’s World Book Day arsenal: coloured card paper in a wide variety of colours and safety pins. It’s a brilliant premise that can run and run, and with such appealing illustrations from Jim Field and such clever rhymes from Kes Gray, here’s hoping it does.

Photograph: Donna Ferguson Flora Ferguson, pictured in feline-form with dog Rosie: ‘She didn’t like it, because I was a cat! Helps to have: A bag of colourful ribbons, I have discovered, can be very useful in a World Book Day crisis. In this video I'll show you how to draw CAT from the 'Oi' series written by Kes Gray and illustrated by me.

The next hilarious rhyming picture book from award-winning Kes Gray and Roald Dahl Funny Prize winner Jim Field, creators of the bestselling Oi Frog!