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Laura Dockrill

Laura Dockrill

One of the hardest-working and most talented authors and poets in the country today. Laura is indefatigable. Not content with being a poet, she has her own poetry choir. Not content with releasing books of poetry and illustrated novellas, she has just put out a collection of twisted fairytales, inspired by Grimm, Dahl, fantasy, Skins, Shameless, Greek mythology and ghosts, called Echoes. She has been tearing up stages across the country for years now, she's been on ones-to-watch list for a good few too. Laura Dockrill hasn't just arrived, she's taking over.

Books

  • Angry Cookie

    Angry Cookie

    Author: Laura Dockrill Illustrator: Maria Karipidou
    Publisher: Walker Books
    Interest age: 4-7
    Reading age: 6+

    Cookie is very angry, and she’d prefer it is you just went away! Laura Dockrill’s text is brilliantly quirky and friendly, and little ones will definitely identify with Angry Cookie. It’s a perfect book for talking about emotions.

  • Big Bones

    Big Bones

    Author: Laura Dockrill
    Publisher: Hotkey
    Interest age: 12-16
    Reading age: 12+

    Big Bones is a truly refreshing read, and Bluebelle is a wonderful, honest and utterly hilarious narrator to fall in love with. This book will make readers think about body image in a whole new way, and about the importance of self-respect.

  • Darcy Burdock

    Darcy Burdock

    Author: Laura Dockrill
    Publisher: Corgi Children's
    Interest age: 8+
    Reading age: 9+

    Ten-year-old Darcy Burdock is one of life's noticers, spotting the extraordinary in the everyday and coming up with ideas for wild and wonderful stories.

  • Darcy Burdock: Hi So Much

    Darcy Burdock: Hi So Much

    Author: Laura Dockrill
    Publisher: Corgi
    Interest age: 9+
    Reading age: 9+

    Irrepressible Darcy Burdock is back in this lively sequel to Laura Dockrill's first book for children

  • My Mum’s Growing Down

    My Mum’s Growing Down

    Author: Laura Dockrill Illustrator: David Tazzyman
    Publisher: Faber & Faber
    Interest age: 7-11
    Reading age: 7-11

    What do you do if your mum loves nothing better than complaining in restaurants and calling museum guards fruit bats? What if she makes you hold hands in the cinema, won’t stop playing on the PlayStation, has custard on her dress and insists on you telling her a bedtime story? The little boy that describes his creative, warm and often embarrassing mum is (de…

  • Punk Rocker Poodle cover

    Punk Rocker Poodle

    Author: Laura Dockrill Illustrator: Sandhya Prabhat
    Publisher: Faber

    From the moment the alarm clock starts to ring, this little Punk Rocker Poodle is in a terrible mood. Absolutely everything that can be refused is refused. All this pup wants is to stay at home. This is a fast-paced picture book full of humour and anarchy. Presented as a poetic rap, it cries to be read aloud – to be chanted even! 

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