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== Biography ==
== Biography ==

'''Paul Linnet''' is an [[English people|English]] author and illustrator.
'''Paul Linnet''' is an [[English people|English]] author and illustrator.
Paul Linnet is an award-winning children's author and illustrator from [[Brighton]], and is co-author with [[Sue Hendra]] of the multi-million selling Supertato books.
Paul Linnet is an award-winning children's author and illustrator from [[Brighton]], and is co-author with [[Sue Hendra]] of the multi-million selling Supertato books.
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Linnet and [[Sue Hendra]]'s picture book, Barry the Fish With Fingers was described as colorful and cheerful by [[Publishers Weekly]] and [[Kirkus Reviews]] said the book introduced an "impossibly endearing little fish." [[The New York Times]] wrote that "the bright and cheerful undersea characters make the ocean seem like a great place to be." No-Bot, the Robot With No Bottom won the Picture Book Award in the 2014 Oxfordshire Book Awards.
Linnet and [[Sue Hendra]]'s picture book, Barry the Fish With Fingers was described as colorful and cheerful by [[Publishers Weekly]] and [[Kirkus Reviews]] said the book introduced an "impossibly endearing little fish." [[The New York Times]] wrote that "the bright and cheerful undersea characters make the ocean seem like a great place to be." No-Bot, the Robot With No Bottom won the Picture Book Award in the 2014 Oxfordshire Book Awards.

Linnet and Hendra have also co-written many other children's best-selling books including Cake, Egg, Keith: The Cat With The Magic Hat, Simon Sock, Norman the Slug With a Silly Shell and many others.


Along with [[Sue Hendra]] Linnet wrote a book for 2016's [[World Book Day]] titled Supertato: Hap-Pea Ever After for pre-school children and a handmade book in 2023 titled The Story of a Story for the [[British Library]]
Along with [[Sue Hendra]] Linnet wrote a book for 2016's [[World Book Day]] titled Supertato: Hap-Pea Ever After for pre-school children and a handmade book in 2023 titled The Story of a Story for the [[British Library]]
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Linnet is a regular guest at many International literary festivals, including [[Edinburgh International Book Festival]] and the International Literature Festival Dublin, as well as school talks.
Linnet is a regular guest at many International literary festivals, including [[Edinburgh International Book Festival]] and the International Literature Festival Dublin, as well as school talks.





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<ref name="Supertato">Supertato published 2014 by [[Simon & Schuster]] {{ISBN|0857074474}}</ref>
<ref name="Supertato">Supertato published 2014 by [[Simon & Schuster]] {{ISBN|0857074474}}</ref>


== External Links ==


{{reflist}} https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Paul-Linnet/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3APaul+Linnet
{{reflist}} https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/paul-linnet/?lens=little-brown-books-for-young-readers
{{reflist}} https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/paul-linnet/?lens=little-brown-books-for-young-readers
{{reflist}} https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Paul-Linnet/576584528
{{reflist}} https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Paul-Linnet/576584528

Revision as of 11:19, 12 August 2023

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Biography

Paul Linnet is an English author and illustrator. Paul Linnet is an award-winning children's author and illustrator from Brighton, and is co-author with Sue Hendra of the multi-million selling Supertato books.

Work

Linnet and Sue Hendra's picture book, Barry the Fish With Fingers was described as colorful and cheerful by Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews said the book introduced an "impossibly endearing little fish." The New York Times wrote that "the bright and cheerful undersea characters make the ocean seem like a great place to be." No-Bot, the Robot With No Bottom won the Picture Book Award in the 2014 Oxfordshire Book Awards.

Along with Sue Hendra Linnet wrote a book for 2016's World Book Day titled Supertato: Hap-Pea Ever After for pre-school children and a handmade book in 2023 titled The Story of a Story for the British Library

In 2016, his best selling book I Need A Wee won the Scholastic Corporation Laugh Out Loud Award for Best Picture Book.

In 2022 Supertato was turned into a hit series for CBeebies on BBC

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22794216/

Linnet is a regular guest at many International literary festivals, including Edinburgh International Book Festival and the International Literature Festival Dublin, as well as school talks.


References

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  1. ^ "Barry the Fish With Fingers". Publishers Weekly. 257 (21): 51–52. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  2. ^ Supertato published 2014 by Simon & Schuster ISBN 0857074474

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/paul-linnet/?lens=little-brown-books-for-young-readers

https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Paul-Linnet/576584528

https://toppsta.com/authors/profile/paul-linnet

https://www.thebookseller.com/author-interviews/sue-hendra--paul-linnet--we-wanted-to-make-a-moment-where-the-world-disappears

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMVNlXKLJMWsptQwBsmDZHQ

https://ilfdublin.com/whats-on/schools/paul-linnets-superhero-adventures/

https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/sue-hendra-and-paul-linnet-supertato-the-origin-18694