What inspired your 50th animal story, A Puppy's First Christmas. Currently I have three cats, Milly, Poppy and Star, and all three have given me at least one book plot…Ĥ. Not all of the 50 books are based on my own animals, but there are so many moments from years of loving cats and dogs in there. I used to wonder what had happened to her before she found us, and I made up lots of lost kitten stories with my mum. She was a stray, and it was one of our family stories that my dad found her sitting on the chair in his office in London.
In a way, it was based on Rosie, the cat I grew up with. That became Lost in the Snow, the first in the Animal Stories series. It was my brilliant ex-colleague Jane Harris who first suggested writing an animal story - a winter story about a kitten. How did you start writing about animals? Do you base your stories on your pets or animals you know? Looking back, I am actually really proud of me back then (18 years ago!) for taking that step.ģ. I wrote most of the first book sitting on the floors of packed commuter trains between Reading and London. But I named the girls, and then their pets, and their friends, and I couldn't give the idea up to someone else. I wasn't supposed to write it, of course. I came up with an idea in an editorial meeting, for a book about triplet sisters. I started writing while I was working at Scholastic Children's Books as an editor.
What got you started as an author and what has been your proudest moment as an author? I did write about them, but actually, as a child I was much more keen on reading than writing - to the extent of being told off at school for reading too much!Ģ. And stick insects, but I have to admit I didn't love them as much as things with fur…
#LOST IN THE STORM HOLLY WEBB PLUS#
I was lucky enough to grow up with lots of pets - a beautiful tabby cat called Rosie - she features in later answers! - and two dogs, plus mice and gerbils that belonged just to me. So, what were your favourite pets when growing up? Did you write stories about them as a child? We have to start with questions about the animals you write about. With A Puppy's First Christmas just published - her 50th Animal Stories book (Little Tiger Press) - we thought it was a good time to talk with the author about what brought her into writing about animals, and to look over a writing career that has inspired so many children to read.ġ. Holly Webb's stories about animals and pets have helped turn thousands of children around the world into readers. Listen to our ReadingZone Podcast with Holly Webb She has three children and lives in Berkshire. Sales of her Animal Stories books alone (published by Little Tiger Press) are now well over 1 million copies. Many of her books are aimed at younger readers and involve animals. That was the start of her writing career in 2003 and she has now written more than 130 books for children. After creating a brief for a new Scholastic series, The Triplets, she decided to write the books herself.
#LOST IN THE STORM HOLLY WEBB FULL#
Holly worked as an editor at Scholastic Children's Books before becoming a full time writer. Author Holly Webb has just written the 50th book in the best-selling Animal Stories series, A Puppy's First Christmas, and also writes time-slip novels, magical stories and the Museum Kittens series.
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