Clare Melinsky

It’s possible to buy signed copies of the books on this page from my local bookshop, by clicking on the “Buy a signed copy” link. My books on this page are grouped by their illustrators. Select by category, or click an example cover or a name to see more, or just scroll down.

Picture Books

Fiction

Early Readers

Poetry

Educational

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The Woolly Bear Caterpillar

The Woolly Bear Caterpillar

On a search for dandelions, the plain and humble woolly bear caterpillar wonders what sort of moth she will become. The other caterpillars don’t just look extraordinary – they’re extraordinarily boastful too. But sometimes pride comes before a fall . . . A...

Conjuror Cow

Conjuror Cow

Conjuror Cow is putting on a magnificent magic show – but can she make a white rabbit jump out of a hat? Lift the flaps and find out.

What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside

What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside

The fourth book in the What the Ladybird Heard series. The clever little ladybird is off on a trip to the seaside, but those two bad men, Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len, are there too and they're up to their wicked ways again. This time they're planning to cut the mermaid's...

What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday

What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday

The third book about the detective Ladybird. This time she’s at the zoo instead of the farm, and the thieves are planning to steal the Queen’s crown, so she needs to think of an extra cunning plan.

Princess Mirror-Belle and the Dragon Pox

Princess Mirror-Belle and the Dragon Pox

Ellen gets a big shock when her double appears out of the bathroom mirror, but Mirror-Belle is a double with a difference! She is a princess, and a mischievous one at that. She is sure that Ellen's chicken pox is actually dragon pox - and she is full of ideas about...

Sugarlump and the Unicorn

Sugarlump and the Unicorn

But Sugarlump learns to be careful what he wishes for, and comes to realise how much he misses the children he left behind. Luckily the unicorn has one more wish to grant . . .

The Singing Mermaid

The Singing Mermaid

The singing mermaid is tempted away from her home shores to join the circus, but she soon longs to return to the freedom of the sea. Will she ever escape?