Penny Dale (Author, Illustrator) <\/b>
Penny Dale is an internationally known, best-selling children's book artist and author and has sold more than 4 million books, with editions in over 20 languages. Her much-loved picture book Ten in the Bed<\/i> sold over a million copies worldwide. Her other titles have also met with great success: Bet You Can't<\/i> and Once There Were Giants<\/i> were included in the UK SATS booklist for many years, and Once There Were Giants<\/i> was chosen as one of the Guardian's Best Children's Books Ever last year. Rosie's Babies <\/i>(also written by Martin Waddell) won the Best Book for Babies award and was also shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1990. Penny is married, has one grown-up daughter and a grandson and lives in South Wales.
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