Michelle Robinson is an award-winning children's author. Her many, many books include the enormously popular Goodnight series, and teachers' favourite How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth.
Coming from Michelle in 2026, we have two new Goodnight books for Puffin, and two for Hodder - Tractors on the Go, a new Busy Vehicles book, and Dodo Did a Doo-Doo - a follow-up to Kiwi Did a Wee-Wee, taking on toilet training with all the deft humour you could wish for.
Biography
Michelle Robinson writes picture books. Poignant bestsellers like The World Made a Rainbow, and very funny ones like There's a Lion in My Cornflakes and How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth.
And now she also writes novels, with three middle-grade books under her belt.
Before she started writing funny stories for children, Michelle was busy writing copy and devising websites for some of the world's biggest brands.
Right now she is either busy writing, or busy thinking about writing, or just chasing one of her children around the house.
Michelle always dreamed of becoming an author like her hero Roald Dahl. She shares his birthday and his love of chocolate, but she is much, much shorter.
Michelle's Goodnight Spaceman was read from space by astronaut Tim Peake. Ten Fat Sausages - a gloriously subversive rewrite of the popular song - won the Laugh-out-Loud book awards. Her anarchic There's a Lion in my Cornflakes, illustrated by Jim Field, won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Prize. And 123 Do the Dinosaur (also a song by David Gibb) won a BookTrust Storytime Prize.
Michelle Robinson now lives in Nova Scotia with her family - a location which inspired her Canadian debut, Lobster's Vacation. She's represented by The Catchpole Agency.
Michelle's 2025 books:
Mummy's Promise with Andersen, illustrated by Paddy Donnelly.
The Snappy Shark with Scholastic, illustrated by Tim Budgen.
Kiwi Needs a Wee-Wee with Hodder, illustrated by Tony Neal.
When Fish Finger Froze with Scholastic, illustrated by Tom Knight.
The Pumpkin Who Stole Halloween, also with Scholastic and Tom Knight.
2024:
Counting Sheep with Walker, illustrated by Nikki Dyson.
Lobster's Vacation with Nimbus, illustrated by Paul G Hammond.
1, 2, 3, Do the Unicorn with Farshore, illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw.
Daddy's Footsteps with Andersen, illustrated by Paddy Donnelly.
Catchpole Agency
MICHELLE ROBINSON
Michelle Robinson is an award-winning children's author. Her many, many books include the enormously popular Goodnight series, and teachers' favourite How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth.
Coming from Michelle in 2026, we have two new Goodnight books for Puffin, and two for Hodder - Tractors on the Go, a new Busy Vehicles book, and Dodo Did a Doo-Doo - a follow-up to Kiwi Did a Wee-Wee, taking on toilet training with all the deft humour you could wish for.
Biography
Michelle Robinson writes picture books. Poignant bestsellers like The World Made a Rainbow, and very funny ones like There's a Lion in My Cornflakes and How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth. And now she also writes novels, with three middle-grade books under her belt. Before she started writing funny stories for children, Michelle was busy writing copy and devising websites for some of the world's biggest brands. Right now she is either busy writing, or busy thinking about writing, or just chasing one of her children around the house. Michelle always dreamed of becoming an author like her hero Roald Dahl. She shares his birthday and his love of chocolate, but she is much, much shorter. Michelle's Goodnight Spaceman was read from space by astronaut Tim Peake. Ten Fat Sausages - a gloriously subversive rewrite of the popular song - won the Laugh-out-Loud book awards. Her anarchic There's a Lion in my Cornflakes, illustrated by Jim Field, won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Prize. And 123 Do the Dinosaur (also a song by David Gibb) won a BookTrust Storytime Prize. Michelle Robinson now lives in Nova Scotia with her family - a location which inspired her Canadian debut, Lobster's Vacation. She's represented by The Catchpole Agency.Michelle's 2025 books:
Mummy's Promise with Andersen, illustrated by Paddy Donnelly. The Snappy Shark with Scholastic, illustrated by Tim Budgen. Kiwi Needs a Wee-Wee with Hodder, illustrated by Tony Neal. When Fish Finger Froze with Scholastic, illustrated by Tom Knight. The Pumpkin Who Stole Halloween, also with Scholastic and Tom Knight.2024:
Counting Sheep with Walker, illustrated by Nikki Dyson. Lobster's Vacation with Nimbus, illustrated by Paul G Hammond. 1, 2, 3, Do the Unicorn with Farshore, illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw. Daddy's Footsteps with Andersen, illustrated by Paddy Donnelly.Michelle Robinson
Tractors on the Go
Goodnight Grandchild
Dodo Did a Doo-Doo
The Pumpkin Who Stole Halloween
Mummy's Promise
The Snappy Shark
When Fish Finger Froze
Kiwi Needs a Wee-Wee
Counting Sheep
Daddy's Footsteps
Lobster's Vacation
1, 2, 3, Do the Unicorn
When Cookie Crumbled
Trains and Boats and Planes
The Thunk
123 Do the Robot
When Ice Cream Had a Meltdown
The Pumpkin Who was Afraid of the Dark
Do Not Panic the Pixies
Planet Football
Isabelle and the Crooks
Witch in Training
Do Not Mess with the Mermaids
123 Do the Shark
Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry
The World Made a Rainbow
When Cucumber Lost His Cool
She Rex
The Day The Banana Went Bad
Do Not Disturb The Dragons
Only One Of Me
123 Do The Dinosaur
The Pawed Piper
Ten Fat Sausages
Tooth Fairy in Training
Elephant's Pyjamas
Grandmas from Mars
School for Little Monsters
Goodnight Pirate
How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth
Chicken Nugget in Scrambled Egg
Daisy Doodles
And The Robot Went...
Monkey's Sandwich
The Forgetful Knight
The Hat Zack Loves
Goodnight Spaceman
A Beginner's Guide to Bear Spotting
Odd Socks
There's a Lion in My Cornflakes
Goodnight Digger
Bear Boar
Chicken Nugget
Goodnight Tractor
Ding Dong Gorilla!
Yak Yuk
What to do if an Elephant Stands on your Foot
How to Find a Fruitbat
