Books
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Bibliography

  1. (2007)

    The Jesus Storybook Bible

  2. (2006)

    Time to Say Goodnight

  3. My Happy Heart: A Book About Love (Sweet Hearts)

  4. Little One, We Knew You'd Come

  5. Handbag Friends

See complete bibliography (23)

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  • Legal name: Sally Lloyd-Jones
  • Birthdate: March 31
  • Birthplace: Kampala, Uganda
  • Nationality: British
  • Gender: Female
  • Official Website: http://www.sallylloyd-jones.com
  • Genres: children's picture books, humorous, verse, storybook bible

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SL-J writes children's books and lives in NYC. She is a Brit, born in Kampala, Uganda, educated in the UK at a boarding school in the New Forest (that's nothing of the sort) and came to the US in 1989 for an Adventure. Thought she'd say for a year or two.

She's still here.

More to find out @ her website, her blog, and her extra super blog.

Here's the uber cool hip trailer of one of her most recent books:



And another (complete with monster) that is a big favorite with children:



And here's the extra crunchy super fantastic narration by the Emmy-Awarding David (Hercule Poirot) Suchet of her bible storybook that is The Bible as novel for kids:



Random quotes:

"When you are a baby, you don't read books.
You eat them"

(How to be a Baby By Me The Big Sister, Schwartz & Wade, 2007)

"A special plug goes in your mouth.
It's called a pacifier
and it's to stop your scream coming out."

(How to be a Baby By Me The Big Sister, Schwartz & Wade, 2007)

"I'm going to EAT you... with my MOUTH!"
(Clasp from Handbag Friends, David Fickling Books, 2005)

"God loved them with a Never Stopping, Never Giving Up, Unbreaking, Always and Forever Love"
(The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name, Zondervan, 2007)

"And God loved them with all of his heart. And they were lovely because he loved them."
(The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name, Zondervan, 2007)

Awards:
  • ALA Notable
  • NYT Notable Book of the Year
  • Mom's Choice Award: Gold
  • Nappa Gold
  • Nappa Silver
  • Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award: Gold
  • CCBC Best of the Year
  • Gold Moonbeam Children's Book Award
  • Gold Book Award
Publishers:
Schwartz & Wade/Random House, David Fickling Books/Random House, Walker (UK), HarperCollins, Zondervan, Hachette.

Bibliography: