Pamela Butchart

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Pamela Butchart
BornDundee, Scotland
OccupationPhilosophy reader and children's author
EducationUniversity of Dundee
University of Edinburgh
Years active2014–present
Notable worksMy Teacher is a Vampire Rat
The Spy Who Loved School Dinners
Notable awards2016 Red House Children's Book Award
2015 Blue Peter Book Award

Pamela Butchart is a Scottish children's author and high school philosophy teacher. Butchart is best known for her books, The Spy Who Loved School Dinners and My Head Teacher is a Vampire Rat, both of which won book awards.

Education and career[edit]

Butchart has an MA in philosophy from the University of Dundee and a PGDE from the University of Edinburgh. After graduating, Butchart became a philosophy teacher at Harris Academy in Dundee.[1][2]

She began writing children's books after her fiancé gave her a book on how to write for children.[1] Butchart has said that Judith Kerr is one of her influences.[3]

Butchart won the 2015 Blue Peter Book Award for Best story for her book, The Spy Who Loved School Dinners which was illustrated by Thomas Flintham.[4]

In 2016, Butchart's book, My Teacher is a Vampire Rat won the Red House Children's Book Award in the Young Readers Category and for overall winner.[5]

In 2017, it was announced that Butchart would write the sixteenth and seventeenth Secret Seven novels, the first additions to the series since 1963. The original series was written by Enid Blyton.[6] The first book, called Mystery of the Skull, was published in July 2018 and the second, Mystery of the Theatre Ghost, was published in February 2019.[7]

Personal life[edit]

Butchart lives in Broughty Ferry, Dundee with her husband, Andy Cunningham, whom she married in July 2014.[8]

Bibliography[edit]

Pugly Series

  • Pugly Bakes a Cake illustrated by Gemma Correll (2016) ISBN 9780857635990
  • Pugly Solves a Crime (2016) ISBN 0857636766
  • Pugly On Ice (2016) ISBN 0857638963

Baby Aliens Series

  • Baby Aliens Got My Teacher! (2014) ISBN 9780857632371
  • The Spy who loved School Dinners (2014) ISBN 0857632574
  • My Head Teacher is a Vampire Rat illustrated by Thomas Flintham (2015) ASIN B00S46UFHU
  • Attack of the Demon Dinner Ladies illustrated by Thomas Flintham (2016) ISBN 0857636065
  • To Wee or Not to Wee illustrated by Thomas Flintham (2016) ASIN B01EYGLXNI
  • There's a Werewolf in My Tent! illustrated by Thomas Flintham (2017) ISBN 0857639064
  • The Phantom Lollipop Man! illustrated by Thomas Flintham (2018) ASIN B077T32TZK
  • There's a Yeti in the Playground! (2018)

Wigglesbottom Primary Series

  • Wigglesbottom Primary:The Toilet Ghost illustrated by Becka Moor (2014) ISBN 0857634267
  • Wigglesbottom Primary: The Shark in the Pool illustrated by Becka Moor (2015) ISBN 085763481X
  • Wigglesbottom Primary: The Magic Hamster illustrated by Becka Moor (2016) ISBN 0857635301
  • Wigglesbottom Primary: Super Dog! illustrated by Becka Moor (2017) ISBN 0857636758

Yikes Series

Stand-alone books

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Author details - Scottish Book Trust". www.scottishbooktrust.com. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Graduate Pamela Butchart Wins Prestigious Childrens Book Award 2016". www.dundee.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Bloomsbury - Pamela Butchart". www.bloomsbury.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Butchart wins Children's Book Award". BBC News. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  5. ^ Erizanu, Paula (28 May 2016). "My Headteacher is a Vampire Rat wins Children's Book Award 2016". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Butchart writes Secret Seven novels for Hachette". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Secret Seven: Mystery of the Theatre Ghost". Telegraph. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Dundee couple's wedding's storybook ending". Evening Telegraph. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
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