Pamela Butchart Explained
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
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. 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
Butchart lives in Broughty Ferry, Dundee with her husband, Andy Cunningham, whom she married in July 2014.[8]
Bibliography
Pugly Series
- Pugly Bakes a Cake illustrated by Gemma Correll (2016)
- Pugly Solves a Crime (2016)
- Pugly On Ice (2016)
Baby Aliens Series
- Baby Aliens Got My Teacher! (2014)
- The Spy who loved School Dinners (2014)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Wigglesbottom Primary: The Shark in the Pool illustrated by Becka Moor (2015)
- Wigglesbottom Primary: The Magic Hamster illustrated by Becka Moor (2016)
- Wigglesbottom Primary: Super Dog! illustrated by Becka Moor (2017)
Yikes Series
- Yikes, Stinkysaurus! (2014)
- Yikes, Santasaurus! (2014)
- Yikes, Ticklysaurus! illustrated by Sam Lloyd (2015) ASIN B00XN8UG5U
- Yikes, Santa-CLAWS! illustrated by Sam Lloyd (2015)
Stand-alone books
- Petunia Perry and the Curse of the Ugly Pigeon (2015)
- Never Tickle a Tiger illustrated by Marc Boutavant (2016)
- Charlie and the Christmas Factory (2024)
Notes and References
- Web site: Author details - Scottish Book Trust. www.scottishbooktrust.com. 29 September 2017. en.
- Web site: Graduate Pamela Butchart Wins Prestigious Childrens Book Award 2016. www.dundee.ac.uk. 30 September 2017. en.
- Web site: Bloomsbury - Pamela Butchart. www.bloomsbury.com. 30 September 2017. en.
- Web site: Butchart wins Children's Book Award. BBC News. 1 October 2017. 28 May 2016.
- Web site: Erizanu. Paula. My Headteacher is a Vampire Rat wins Children’s Book Award 2016. The Guardian. 30 September 2017. 28 May 2016.
- Web site: Butchart writes Secret Seven novels for Hachette. www.thebookseller.com. 19 October 2017. en.
- Web site: Secret Seven: Mystery of the Theatre Ghost . Telegraph . 5 March 2019 . en-gb . 21 February 2019.
- Web site: Dundee couple’s wedding’s storybook ending. Evening Telegraph. 30 September 2017. 11 July 2014.
