Spiky, Spunky, My Pet Monkey and Other Weird and W

Doug MacLeod is the author of the children’s classic Sister Madge’s Book of Nuns. He also wrote the comic coming-of-age novel, Tumble Turn and, more recently, a book of hilarious rhymes called Spiky, Spunky, My Pet Monkey.

Craig Smith has an excellent track record as a children’s book illustrator. He first teamed with Gary Crew to provide a remarkable interpretation of Troy Thompson’s Excellent Peotry Book and Troy Thompson’s Radical Prose Folio. His more recent awards include CBC Honour Book: Younger Readers (1999) for Bob the Builder and the Elves, Shortlisted CBC Book of the Year: Younger Readers for Billy the Punk (1996) and Shortlisted CBC for Not Again, Dad by Thurley Fowler (1995). Craig has also recently illustrated the Paul Jennings titles: The Cabbage Patch Fib and The Cabbage Patch War, and Sniffy the Sniffer Dog (Lothian Books, 2003) in Lothian’s Start-Ups series.