Kaye Umansky

Kaye Umansky is that rare thing - a truly funny writer! Dick the Delightful Duck (Scholastic) illustrated by Ben Mantle, is a hilarious tale that follows Dick the usually delightful duck - but not today - today he's got out of the wrong side of bed. It's been shortlisted for Spark Children's Award 2024, Portsmouth Picture Book Award 2024, Stockport Children's best picture book award 2024 and James Reckitt Hull Children's Book Award 2024.

Kaye's latest title is the super funny rhyming picture book, A Dinosaur Lives in Our Shed (Scholastic). What would you do if a little dinosaur followed you home from the park? You'd look after him, wouldn't you? You'd make him a cosy bed in your shed, and give him lots of tickles and cuddles. But what if the dinosaur was missing his mum? Could you bear to let him go? This fabulous, funny story about love and caring will tug your heartstrings . . . and tickle your funny bones!

Simon & Schuster reissued Kaye's spellbinding Pongwiffy series in 2018. She is also the author of Naughty Naughty Monster (Templar), a fantastic picture book illustrated by Greg Abbott, and the hilarious novel, The Knights of the Drop-Leaf Table (Barrington Stoke), featuring King Artie and his annoying knights.