Alphabet Ice Cream: An a-z of alphabet fun

A is for apple, B is for bat, C is for crocodile, camel and cat . . . Here is a unique and special alphabet book. This very simple text is about two friends, Sue and Nick, who like very different things but are still best friends. They take us through all their favourite things from ABC all the way to XYZ . . . X can mean kiss, Y is for yoghurt and yum and yuk too, Z is for zoom, goodbye, Nick and Sue!

Sue Heap
After graduating from Hull College of Art, Sue Heap worked in animation and as a designer at several children's book publishers - this was how she met her friend Nick Sharratt when she was responsible for his first picture book. Sue has illustrated over thirty children's books, including Cowboy Baby for which she won the prestigious Smarties Prize. She's lived in many places including Egypt, Germany and Singapore, and now lives in Oxfordshire.

Nick Sharratt
Nick knew he wanted to be an artist from his primary school days. He graduated from St Martin's School of Art in 1984 and has been working as an illustrator ever since. His work encompasses books for babies through to books for early teens and he’s produced around 170 books to date. The illustrator for multimillion selling author Jacqueline Wilson, Nick also collaborates with authors on picture books as well as writing his own. When he teams up with his friend Sue Heap they work together on both the words and the pictures. Awards won by Nick include The Children's Book Award, The Sheffield Children's Book Award, The Nestle Gold Prize, The Stockport Schools Award and The Experian Big Three Award. In 2006 he was the official World Book Day illustrator.

 

Children's Book Award : Winner 2001
Smarties Book Award : Gold Medal 1998