
David Melling

David grew up in London. As a child he loved drawing and his dad, who was a sculptor, would often help with the difficult bits. He studied Art in London and Photography in Blackpool. In the mid eighties he returned to London and started work as a freelance illustrator but soon found himself working in animation studios: drawing backgrounds, assisting animators and rendering cells for TV commercials and a handful of TV films including Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs, Grandpa by John Burningham and Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. It wasn’t until the early nineties that David turned his attention to children’s books. “When I started drawing pictures for books I knew this was for me. I love drawing characters, bringing them to life and letting them tell a story. I have done other jobs over the years but making up stories with pen and paper is by far the best.”
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DONT WORRY DOUGLAS!
HUGLESS DOUGLAS AND THE BIG SLEEP
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUGLESS DOUGLAS
THE TALE OF JACK FROST
THE KISSED THAT MISSED
GOOD KNIGHT SLEEP TIGHT
THE THREE WISHES
THE SCALLYWAGS
THE SCALLYWAGS BLOW THEIR TOP
JUST LIKE MY DAD
JUST LIKE MY MUM
THE GHOST LIBRARY
THE STAR-FACED CROCODILE
WHAT'S THAT NOISE? and WHERE ARE YOU? by Francesca Simon
ALL CHANGE, JUMP IN! and THE FLYING DIGGERS by Ian Whybrow
THE TOTALLY TERRIFYING THREE by Hiawyn Oram
STONE GOBLINS, TREE GOBLINS, PUDDLE GOBLINS, SHADOW GOBLINS - Young Fiction
FUNNY BUNNIES RAIN OR SHINE
FUNNY BUNNIES UP AND DOWN
HUGLESS DOUGLAS AND THE BABY BIRDS
HUGLESS DOUGLAS PLAYS HIDE AND SEEK
All the above published by Hodder Children's Books