Children's Books


For a full list of children's books click here

Andersen Shadow Andersen Snowman
Andersen
The Shadow
Andersen
The Snowman
Andersen
Story of a Mother
Andersen
The Little Mermaid

Deptford Mice
MVP
The Deptford Mice
MVP

HBD
Smelly
The Twelve Months
Hawaiian
Big Daddy
King Smelly Feet
The Twelve
Months

Cinderella Hoppy Umbrella Peer Gynt
Cinderella Hoppy's
New House
The Magic
Umbrella
Peer Gynt


Secret Surprise Mystery
The Secret in
the Matchbox
The Surprise in
the Wardrobe
The Mystery in
the Bottle




John Shelley is represented for children's books in North America by the Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
Prospective clients please contact Laura Rennert on (+1) 650-853-1976 or email




Full list of Children's Books
1982 Fatbag
( illustrated novel )
author - Jeremy Strong. A & C Black, London
1983 Get Lavinia Goodbody !
( illustrated novel )
author - Roger Collinson. The Andersen Press, London
1983 Bored Brenda
( serialised story ) author / illustrator - John Shelley.
Marshal Cavendish, London
1984 A Canoe in the Mist
( illustrated novel )
author - Elsie Locke. Jonathan Cape, London
1986 Night Eyes
( picture book )
author - Peter Ward. Crystal Clear Publications, London
1987 The Secret in the Matchbox
( picture book )
author - Val Willis. Andre Deutsch London, Farrar Straus
& Giroux New York
1989 Santa ni Yoroshiku (Say Hello to Santa)
( picture book )
author - John Shelley. Parco Publishing, Tokyo
1990 The Surprise in the Wardrobe
( picture book )
author - Val Willis. Andre Deutsch London, Farrar Straus & Giroux New York
1991 The Mystery in the Bottle
( picture book )
author - Val Willis. Scholastic London, Farrar Straus
& Giroux New York, Editions du Seuil, Paris
1991 Peer Gynt
( picture book adaptation of the work by Ibsen. )
Hyoronsha, Tokyo
1991 Ju -ni no Tsukitachi (The Twelve Months)
( picture book )
Adapted from the Russian version of Samuel Marshak.
Miki House, Osaka + Ask Kodansha, Tokyo
1994 A Father's Diary (Japanese edition)
( chapter book )
author - Fraser Harrison, Media Factory, Tokyo
1994 Shikake E-Hon (Shapes Picture Books)
3 Volumes ( picture book )
author / illustrator - John Shelley. Hikari no Kuni, Osaka
1995 Hoppy no Atarashii Uchi (Hoppy's New House)
( picture book )
author / illustrator - John Shelley. Fukuinkan Shoten,Tokyo
1996 Cinderella
( picture book )
from the traditional fairy tale.
Hikari no Kuni, Osaka
1999 Maho no Kasa (The Magic Umberella)
( picture book )
adapted from a story by Rose Fyleman. Fukuinkan Shoten, Tokyo
2002 King Smelly Feet
( picture book )
author - Hiawyn Oram. The Andersen Press, London
2003 Hawaiian Big Daddy
( story book )
author - Banbis Snowflower. Nikkei BP Sha,
Tokyo
2004 MVP
( illustrated novel )
author - Douglas Evans. Front Street Inc,
USA
2004 The Deptford Mice Trilogy
(Deptford no Nezumitachi)
(3 volumes)
( illustrated novels )
author - Robin Jarvis. Hayakawa Shobo,
Tokyo
2004 Anata no Shiranai Andersen 1 - Kage (Unknown Andersen 1 - The Shadow)
( picture book )
author - Hans Christian Andersen. Hyoronsha, Tokyo
2005 Anata no Shiranai Andersen 2 - Yuki Daruma (Unknown Andersen 2 - The Snowman)
( picture book )
author - Hans Christian Andersen. Hyoronsha, Tokyo
2005 Anata no Shiranai Andersen 3 - Hahaoya (Unknown Andersen 3 - Story of a Mother)
( picture book )
author - Hans Christian Andersen. Hyoronsha, Tokyo
2005 Anata no Shiranai Andersen 4 - Ningyohime (Unknown Andersen 4 - The Little Mermaid)
( picture book )
author - Hans Christian Andersen. Hyoronsha, Tokyo
2005 Sekai Isshu Ohanashi no Ryo (Stories from Around the World)
( Fairy Tales )
Ed. Linda Jennings, Trans. Rika Nogi. PHP, Tokyo
2005 Bella Baxter - Inn Touble
(Chapter book )
Author - Jane B. Mason / Sarah Hines Stephens, Aladdin Paperbacks USA
2005 Bella Baxter and the Itchy Disaster
(Chapter book )
Author - Jane B. Mason / Sarah Hines Stephens, Aladdin Paperbacks USA
2005 I Wish I Could be a Ballerina
( Pop-up book )
Author - Rosie McCormick, Inky Press, UK/USA
2005 Mighty Mike
( picture book )
Author - Pascal-Auban Scher,
Aeon Institute, Tokyo
2006 Midnight for Charlie Bone (Charlie Bone wa Mayonaka ni)
( illustrated novel )
Author - Jenny Nimmo, Tokuma Shoten,
Tokyo
2006 The Time Twister (Toki wo Koeru Nanairo no Tama)
( illustrated novel )
Author - Jenny Nimmo, Tokuma Shoten,
Tokyo
2006 The Blue Boa (Aoi Iro no Hebi no Himitsu)
( illustrated novel )
Author - Jenny Nimmo, Tokuma Shoten,
Tokyo
2006 Bella Baxter and the Lighthouse Mystery
(Chapter book )
Author - Jane B. Mason / Sarah Hines Stephens, Aladdin Paperbacks USA
2006 The Magic Train
( picture book )
Author - Pascal-Auban Scher,
Aeon Institute, Tokyo
2007 The Boat in the Tree
( picture book )
Author - Tim Wynne-Jones,
Front Street Inc, USA

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