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Helen Cooper is an author and illustrator whose work includes classic picture books such as The Bear Under the Stairs, Pumpkin Soup, The Baby Who Wouldn't Go to Bed and Tatty Ratty. Her books have been translated into 30 languages and won many awards including the Library Association Kate Greenaway Medal - twice. More recently she has collaborated as a writer with other illustrators. Notably, Saving the Butterfly, illustrated by Gill Smith, which was published in 2022. She has also written and illustrated children's MG fiction and the latest - The Taming of the Cat - published in October 2023.
This simple lost-and-found-in-the-urban-jungle tale should win older readers with its rush-hour energy and buzzy graphics. - TES; The rich, glowing colours give a New York-like city an oriental, almost psychedelic look...The book has an adorable quality. One of my favourites. - The Children's Bookseller Meticulously illustrated and very funny...Her multicoloured cit; is an extraordinary creation of crazy buildings and contrary road signs, and her charming characters are full of brio. - Booktruste; As well as being beautifully illustrated and full of the same spiky humour as Cooper's best-selling Pumpkin Soup, it conveys how scary being lost can be - for children and parents. - Daily Telegraph; Cooper inserts subliminal messages through her intricate illustrations of pepper-grinder skyscrapers toppling down on the distraught Duck... This is fraught territory, beautifully controlled. - The Guardian; Glorious. - The Scotsman; Beautifully laid out and rich in both words and pictures, A Pipkin of Pepper is a sumptuous treat. - The Guardian
