Jonny Duddle

  • 5 stars across 23 books
Jonny Duddle Biography
Jonny Duddle is an a bestselling author who has written and illustrated multiple picture books and chapter books for Templar Publishing, including the Waterstones Award-winning best-seller The Pirates Next Door and The Pirates of Scurvy Sands which was one of our Books of the Month for March 2018.

Jonny grew up in North Wales before studying illustration at college. He had a variety of jobs including working on a ship, as a children's entertainer in Majorca, a salesman and an art teacher, before designing characters for computer games. Whilst working in that job, he wrote his first picture book The Pirate Cruncher and his career as a book illustrator began.

Our favourite Jonny Duddle Book Characters
The Jolley-Rogers - from The Pirates Next Door
Rex- from The King of Space
Bonehead - from Gigantosaurus
1st February 2014

Gigantosaurus

All young dinosaurs are warned about the scary Gigantosaurus. So Bonehead volunteers to be the dino-kids lookout wheneve... MoreGigantosaurus

(36 reviews) Review
1st June 2010

The Pirate Cruncher

An old pirate tells a tavern full of salty sea dogs about an island bursting with hidden treasure. Once they've set sail... MoreThe Pirate Cruncher

(31 reviews) Review
1st March 2012

The Pirates Next Door

The Jolley-Rogers - a pirate family, are moving to Dull-on-Sea, a quiet seaside town. Stopping to fix up their ship, thi... MoreThe Pirates Next Door

(28 reviews) Review
8th February 2018

The Pirates of Scurvy Sands

This summer, Matilda is going on holiday with her friends, the Jolley-Rogers. Their destination is the island of Scurvy ... MoreThe Pirates of Scurvy Sands

(18 reviews) Review
1st April 2014

The Jolley-Rogers and the Ghostly Galleon

Ahoy there shipmates! Climb aboard with a new fiction series from Jonny Duddle featuring the crew from The Pirates Next ... MoreThe Jolley-Rogers and the Ghostly Galleon

(12 reviews) Review
5th November 2015

The Jolley-Rogers and the Monster's Gold

When Matilda discovers a treasure map inside an old bottle, she shows it to the Jolley-Rogers and they all set sail to f... MoreThe Jolley-Rogers and the Monster's Gold

(8 reviews) Review
13th June 2019

The Jolley-Rogers and the Pirate Piper

The fantastically funny fourth title in Jonny Duddle's bestselling Jolley-Rogers fiction series.One morning the townspeo... MoreThe Jolley-Rogers and the Pirate Piper

(7 reviews) Review
25th February 2021

Gigantosaurus: Dino Spot

"I'm a DINOSAUR EXPERT! I really am the BEST! You might know the names of some, But I know ALL the rest." Deep in the ... MoreGigantosaurus: Dino Spot

(7 reviews) Review
1st April 2015

The Jolley-Rogers and the Cave of Doom

While the Jolley-Rogers are enjoying a day at the beach, little sister Nugget toddles into a cave. When she doesn't come... MoreThe Jolley-Rogers and the Cave of Doom

(6 reviews) Review
1st September 2013

The King of Space

With the help of unsuspecting friends, Rex creates an army of warbots with dung-blasters and begins his conquest of the ... MoreThe King of Space

(4 reviews) Review
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  • The Pirates of Scurvy Sands

    The Pirates of Scurvy Sands

    We love Jonny Duddle’s pirate books. The illustrations have so much in them sometimes we spend ages pointing out things we can find on each page that’...

  • The Jolley-Rogers and the Monster's Gold

    The Jolley-Rogers and the Monster's Gold

    by TomasS

    I enjoyed this book like the previous ones I’ve read - you don’t need to have read the other ones to read this.

    It’s a fun and exciting story with ...

  • Gigantosaurus

    Gigantosaurus

    We like this book - a good take on the boy who cried wolf! 

    It rhymes really well, and this makes it easy to read.

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