Cheeky Monkey

From the team who created the award-winning Good Night, Me comes this captivating picture book .

The ideas for Andrew's picture books come from the simplest places and ALWAYS hit the spot.

Cheeky Monkey came from one end or other of the kitchen bench.

'My wife Jac and I were laughing about all the names people call their kids,' Andrew says 'the way some are cute and some are cuddly and some are plain ridiculous. Then Jac suggested it'd be a good idea for a book, because we could put all the names we use for our own kids, and the names our friends use for theirs, into one collection.

'SIMPLE-but then, the pain... the narrative... the logic... And how would the pictures work? What should they look like? Would they be a girl or a boy? And would that be Mum or Dad with them- or both? And it went from being pretty simple to exhausting, especially for the illustrator, Emma. Having said that, the book is gorgeous, we're all really happy with it and we've slipped in our favourite names as well!'

In Cheeky Monkey, someone's pretending to be asleep, but one little monkey is awake and soon the whole will be a zoo! Emma Quay's delightful and warm illustrations of a family moving through their day bring to life all the funny and silly names we call our children: cheeky monkey, lucky duck, sweet pea, silly billy and more. Simply delightful.

Andrew Daddo: Since 2000, Andrew Daddo has written fourteen books for children from toddlers to teens, all of them enormous successes. When Andrew isn't writing or enjoying family life, he is one of Australia's most popular personalities, currently working on The Great Outdoors and hosting the Evening program on ABC Radio 702. Andrew lives in Sydney's northern beaches with his wife and three children. His previous book with Emma Quay, Good Night Me, was the National Simultaneous Storytime title in 2006.

Emma Quay: Emma Quay wanted to be a children's book illustrator from a very early age. After moving from England to Australia in 1993 she began her illustrating career and has since become one of Australia's most sought-after picture book artists, working with other writers and on her own stories in books that have been published around the world. She has won numerous awards, including two CBC nominations for Bear and Chook and Daddy's Having a Horse, both written by Lisa Shanahan. Emma lives in Sydney with her husband and two young daughters.

Cheeky Monkey
ABC BOOKS
Author: Andrew Daddo
Illustrator: Emma Quay
ISBN: 9780733321009
Price: $24.95