Sean Taylor (author)
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Taylor has written more than 60 children's books. His best known picture books including When Dinosaurs Walked the Earth (illustrated by Zehra Hicks), Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise (illustrated by Jean Jullien), When a Monster is Born (illustrated by Nick Sharratt), A Brave Bear (illustrated by Emily Hughes), and Huck Runs Amuck! (illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds).[2][3][4] He's co-authored three illustrated nature books with ecologist Alex Morss: Winter Sleep, Busy Spring and Funny Bums, Freaky Beaks.[5] He's also written longer fiction, including A Waste of Good Paper - a novel for teenagers set in a Pupil Referral Unit, and a number of first reading books including the Purple Class series.
Taylor's roots are in writing and performing poetry and he has written a trilogy of poetry titles for Walker Books. The first is The Dream Train - Poems for Bedtime (illustrated by Anuska Allepuz) published in 2022. The second is You're a Poet - Ways to Start Writing Poems (illustrated by Sam Usher) published in 2024. The third is the collection of finger rhymes Five Little Friends (illustrated by Fiona Woodcock).
Among several plays for young audiences written by Sean Taylor are Finding Santa produced in the UK by Little Angel Theatre and (in Portuguese) A Linha Magica and O Sonho do Jeronimo produced in Brazil by A Fabulosa Companhia.
Aside from writing, Sean Taylor has taught on three continents and runs poetry workshops in schools.
