Naughty

A playful and chaotic riot of animal naughtiness from picture book master Jeanne Willis. Nigel's done a naughty thing, and he's giving it some thought in a quiet spot. But it gets hard to focus as he quickly becomes surrounded by wild, animal naughtiness! Mole has been ruining the lawns, Bull's been charging around with his horns . . . even Daddy admits it's hard to be perfect all the time! But can you guess what naughty thing Nigel has done?Each scene gets wilder and wilder as the chaos builds, and Paddy Donnelly's brilliantly engaging pictures provide so much whacky detail to spot.

About the author

Jeanne Willis is an award-winning children's author and scriptwriter. She had her first picture book published by Andersen at the age of 21, and has won the Silver Medal Smarties Prize (Tadpole's Promise), the Nasen Special Needs Award (Susan Laughs), the Sheffield Children's Book Award (Who’s in The Loo) and the Red House Children's Book Award (Bottoms Up). Jeanne has also worked on scripts for TV, including Polly Pocket and The Slow Norris, and a pilot TV series for Dr Xargle.Paddy Donnelly is an Irish illustrator with a background in graphic design and app development who is thrilled to be making a living drawing dinosaurs – his 5 year old self is very happy about this. Paddy's books have won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award, the White Ravens Book Award, the Judge’s Special Award at the Children’s Books Ireland Book Awards and the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Award, and his work has also been longlisted for a YOTO Carnegie Medal for Illustration. Paddy lives in Belgium with his family.

Product details

• Authors: Jeanne Willis, Willis Jeanne
• Assisted by: Paddy Donnelly (Illustration)
• Publisher: Andersen Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 3 to 5
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 12.02.2026
• EAN: 9781839131424
• ISBN: 978-1-83913-142-4
• No. of pages: 32
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Imagination & Play, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Manners & Etiquette, Picture storybooks, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Interest age: from c 3 years