Sarah Tagholm is author of a rapidly increasing number of picture books, including We Are the Wibbly, When Will My Woodlouse Wake Up?, Sam Francisco, King of the Disco, and Brenda's Revenge.

She has three new books coming in 2026...

2026

Where Are My Massive Flying Wings? , with Jane McGuinness. Bloomsbury
A Crinkled Screaming Thing, with Ruby Wright. Andersen
Daddy Doesn't Believe in Dragons, with Alice Courtley. Andersen

Biography

Sarah has a very unusual head. If she doesn't do creative things it falls off, so it's really incredibly fortunate she never had a job in data entry.

Mischievous children, nature, and all things bizarre are the inspiration behind her stories, which tend to be odd, ridiculous or, more often than not, both.

Sarah lives in Cornwall with her family, two cats and a fourteen year-old albino toad called Cuckoo (in real life).

If not reading or writing, she can usually be found in, or on or under the sea.

Sarah Tagholm's first book - the scary, funny and utterly memorable Wolves, in Helicopters - came out with Andersen Press in September 2022.

She has plenty more in the pipeline...

Sarah Tagholm's represented by The Catchpole Agency.

2025

Brenda's Revenge, with Laurie Stansfield, Rocket Bird Books.

2024

We Are the Wibbly - an utterly charming tale of a reluctant tadpole - published by Bloomsbury. Illustrated by Jane McGuinness, in a starred review Kirkus praised Sarah's 'springy narrative' and 'evocative language'. Bloomsbury.

Also in 2024 - Sarah’s When Will My Woodlouse Wake Up?, - a witty, warm book to gently help small people grasp the finality of death, in the form of Manu Montoya’s sadly expired creepy-crawly. Described by The Bookseller as a 'unique book about bereavement, told with both humour and heart'.

2023

Sam Francisco, King of the Disco, with Binny Talib, Rocketbird Books.
Sarah's original story In the Cold Night read by Imelda Staunton for charity ShelterBox.

2022

Wolves in Helicopters, with Paddy Donnelly, Andersen.