Nicholas Nosh is the littlest pirate in the world. H's not
allowed to go to sea, and he's bored. Very bored. 'I'll show them', he says.
About the Author
Sherryl Clark (Author) Sherryl Clark's first
children's book was The Too-Tight Tutu which was published in
the Aussie Bites series in 1997. Since then she has published almost 70
children's books, including Sixth Grade Style Queen (Not!), Motormouth and Runaways.
Sherryl is also the author of the Rose books in the Our Australian Girl series
and Jimmy's War in the Do You Dare series. She has had two
collections of poetry for adults published by Pariah Press - Edge (1990)
and Thicker Than Water (1999). Sherryl teaches fiction and
poetry writing in the Diploma of Arts - Professional Writing and Editing at
Victoria University, and is currently undertaking a PhD. Tom Jellett
(Illustrator) Tom Jellett is an Australian illustrator based in
Sydney. Tom has been an editorial illustrator for News Limited, working
on The Australian, The Weekend Australian and The
Daily Telegraph and his work has appeared in the South China
Morning Post, The Week and Medical Observer.
He is an acclaimed children's book illustrator whose work includes a series
about a little pirate (The Littlest Pirate), books about a teddy bear called
Ted (Ted Goes Wild, Ted Gets Lost and Ted Hits Town) and the
Sporty Kids series, written by Felice Arena. His picture books with Justine
Clarke and Arthur Baysting, The Gobbledygook is Eating a Book and The
Gobbledygook and the Scribbledynoodle have been Australian
bestsellers. His other acclaimed picture books include Why I Love Footy and Why
I Love Summer with Michael Wagner, and Grandpa's Big
Adventure written by Paul Newman. In 2011, Tom was included in the
editorial category for Illustrators 53, exhibited at the Society of
Illustrators, New York.