Books by Steve Webb
I am an author and illustrator of children’s graphic novels, middle grade, and picture books.
I am currently working on my graphic novel series, Peng and Spanners.
For younger readers I have written the fabulously silly picture book, Cows go BOO! and the rhythm and rhyme, syllable-tastic, Tanka Tanka Skunk among others!
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Peng and Spanners Who Stole all the Pizzas
Pizza mysteries, pesky robots and jail breaks aplenty; discover the first instalment of this deliriously daft comic book series starring a sarcastic penguin and a cat with a toolbelt.
Meet your new favourite superheroes, a the sarcastic penguin and a clever cat with a toolbelt. Join Peng and Spanners as they investigate the craziest pizza mystery ever. A new graphic novel, perfect for fans of Dogman, Barry Loser and Bunny vs Monkey.
When the school pizza parlour disappears and a giant robot suddenly appears, Pengtastic and Spanners know that only they can help the headmaster find his parlour before the school inspectors arrive and shut him down. There's just one massive pesky robot to defeat, Cinderella the caretaker, who roars about rules and an incredible jail break to get out of first.
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Peng and Spanners When Pigs go Bad
The silliest penguin and the chattiest cat are back to defeat one very bad pig in this action-packed graphic novel for fans of Dog Man.
'Super funny!' Jim Smith
'Absolutely ridiculous (in a good way!)' BookTrust
'Deliriously daft!' National Book Tokens
Join your new favourite superheroes, Peng and Spanners, in a story full of . . . JET PACKS! TRICKY PIGS! ROBOTIC SAUSAGE DOGS! AND CACTUS PLANTS! Starring Peng, the sarcastic penguin, and Spanners, a clever cat with a tool belt.
Mr Big the pig is totally, 100%, evil, and he's got a plan to steal the Mona Lisa and blame it on Peng and Spanners. In case that wasn't weird enough, he's also got a very quiet but powerful cactus working by his side . . .
Perhaps Secret Business, the talking robot dog, who's nose operates as a screwdriver, will be able to help Peng and Spanners break out of jail, throw on their jet packs and save the day.
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Peng and Spanners Swamp Thing
Peng and Spanners are back in a story full of . . . RADIOACTIVE ICE CREAM! MYSTERY! SUBMARINES! AND A TERRIFYING SWAMP THING! Starring Peng, the sarcastic penguin, and Spanners, a clever cat with a tool belt.
When a stately home becomes haunted by a swamp monster (who seems to love kidnapping cows), Peng and Spanners are called in to unblock the mystery.
Luckily, robot dog Secret Business is prepared to hang out in a miniature submarine and snoop on anyone who is causing mischief. Meanwhile Peng and Spanners interview suspects, debate everything, and of course try to get their hands on more pizza . . .
Perfect for fans of Dogman and Bunny vs Monkey, this highly illustrated graphic novel series will keep kids laughing for hours on end.
What kids are saying:
'Peng is really brainless. He made me laugh so much.'
'Crazy.'
'Really cool.'
And parents!
'My son read it in two sittings and loved it.'
'My 9 year old loved this.'
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Spangles McNasty and the Fish of Gold
Welcome to Bitterly Bay. Spangles McNasty has decided to spend his summer doing what he loves the most: shouting at babies, pulling faces at old ladies, eating cold chips from bins and best of all, collecting other people's spangly things!
Having convinced themselves that goldfish are made of gold and that they grow to the size of whales, Spangles and his friend Sausage-face Pete decide to find the great Fish of Gold. They'll be rich forever!
Only young Freddie Taylor can stop Spangles' dastardly plan, in a tale full of time-travelling jet skis, madcap chases and haunted custard. It is a tale so odd, your mind-cogs will jam with happiness for ever after!
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Spangles McNasty and the Tunnel of Doom - Spangles McNasty
Spangles McNasty is horrible to everyone and likes to do vile things like eat cold chips out of bins and pull faces at old ladies. And would you believe it, Spangles has inherited a rollercoaster called the Tunnel of Doom! But when Spangles and his bonkers friend Sausage-face Pete go to see it, they soon realise it's a good for nothing piece of junk. If they want to make any lovely money from it, they'll need to do some hard work and repair it.
Spangles won't stand for that, and soon his devious mind-cogs are a-whirring, and he comes up with a dastardly plot to get rich quick. Yet again, it's up to local boy Freddie Taylor to chase Spangles on the rickety old rollercoaster and stop him in his tracks!
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Spangles McNasty and the Diamond Skull
Spangles McNasty is a right horrid scallywag who likes to do yucky things like eat cold chips out of bins and fart in libraries. So it's no surprise that when the legendarily famous and very sparkly Diamond Skull pirate hat comes to Bitterly Bay Museum, Spangles and his best mate Sausage-face Pete want to get their thieving fingers on it. But they haven't reckoned on local boy and all-round good egg Freddie Taylor and his cunning plan to mix things up with a clever hat trick...
Laugh-out-loud silliness with zany pictures from Chris Mould make this story perfect for fans of Mr Gum and Tom Gates!
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Tanka Tanka Skunk
Meet Tanka, the elephant and his friend Skunka. Say their names together and they SOUND LIKE DRUMS! Tanka, Skunka, Tanka, Skunka, Tanka Tanka Skunk! They have lots of friends for you to meet, so say their names to the Tanka Skunka beat! Lemurs, llamas, zebras, badgers, caterpillars, big GORILLAS and yakety, yakety yaks. The book takes the reader on a veritable roller-coaster ride of sights and sounds as animals leap and dance across the brightly coloured pages. Terrific fun to read aloud one to one with a small child, and an absolute riot for group activities.
A clever exploraton of beat, pulse and rhythm . . . Cartoon-like illustrations are vividly coloured and will appeal greatly to younger children . . . This book would prove useful to pre-school teachers - Inis
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Cows Go Boo!
On Farmer George’s farm, the pigs go ‘oink’, the sheep go ‘baa’, and cows go… wait, where did all the cows go? These cheeky cows have taken to sneaking up on Farmer George and shouting ‘BOO!’ Luckily, George knows just how to put his impolite herd to good use... This hilarious story is guaranteed to get children giggling!
"Will keep readers giggling... plenty of opportunities for storytime jumps and laughs" - Kirkus Reviews
"The colourful, sketchy illustrations in Cows Go Boo! burst with personality... a delight to read aloud, and children will love joining in with the farmyard sounds... this marvellous book will provide plenty of entertainment for young readers." - BookTust
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Bigger Digger
Part of the My First Picture Book series: perfect for every toddler to help encourage language skills, understanding, enjoyment and sharing. These books are a bridge between board books and picture books; printed on toddler-tough card with rounded corners.
Big lorry, quarry lorry, splish, spash, MUCK. Quarry lorry, BIG lorry, slip, slide stuck!
So begins a disastrous day at the quarry, as lorry, truck and little digger all find themselves stuck in the mud. Can Bigger Digger save the day?
This is a tongue-twisting, rhyming romp that will have little readers shouting out the words!
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Happy Zappa Cat
Happy Zappa Cat loves driving his cab through the city, visiting museums and eating at fancy restaurants. But then he makes some new friends who convince him to join him in their wild home. But can a city kitty learn to love the jungle?
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Tigerbear
Join Tigerbear as he hops from rock to rock, swishes through tall grass and splishes through mud! Come and play hide and seek with Tigerbear and his new friend in a dark, dark cave . . . Is there really a scary monster? It's up to Tigerbear to save the day!
Full of beautiful bright illustrations and repetitive rhyming text, this is the perfect story for bedtime. - Askews & Holts Library Services
A great book for sharing at bedtime with great illustrations that will take your child off into another world. - Rachael Spencer, The Bookbag
The language is both memorable and thrilling...illustrated with a riot of colour that fizzes and pops off the page. - Armadillo Magazine
Everything a good picture book should be – exuberant, big, bold and beautiful. - CAROUSEL
McKewan creates Henri Rousseau exotic dreamscape. Colour pulsates to an almost hallucinatory effect. - THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN
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Polly Jean Pyjama Queen
Polly Jean Pyjama Queen has the wildest pyjamas you have ever seen! She loves wild animals and wonders what they wear when they go to bed. So she invites them to her Wild World Pyjama Party with a prize for the best pair. With a hilarious text and simple flaps that magically reveal each animal's wacky pyjamas, this glorious, vibrant picture book is a bedtime joy.
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Rocket Racers
Space rocket, race racket, race to the moon, rocket racers to your places, ready, steady, ZOOM!
So begins this rip-roaring race of a read, and the action doesn't stop until the three lovable dinosaurs reach the finish line. But who will make it there first?
This is a wonderful action-packed story that children and parents will race through again and again!
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Wellies
Wally the penguin works in a welly shop. He makes all sorts of wellies – red ones, yellow ones, fish ones and star ones. Can he help Bertie the Polar Bear to design a pair of wellies that will win the fashion show?
Green/Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters.
Text Type: A poem
A story map of the story allows children to recap the story on pages 22 and 23.
Curriculum Links: Citizenship: Animals and us; Choices.
This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
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Too Hot to Stop!
The desert is too hot to stand still, so Hoppit and his friends keep moving. As more and more animals join, who knows where they're going to end up! It's a big surprise for everyone except the snake and eagle, who try to warn them what's ahead…Join in the rhythm and rhyme of the animal parade in this poem, written and illustrated by Steve Webb.
Green/Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters.
Text type: A poem
Children can follow the animal parade through the desert in the map of their journey on pages 14 and 15.
Curriculum links: Science: Habitats; Geography: Weather around the world; Music: Feel the pulse.
This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.