Abingdon author publishes third children's book

Rob Jones, who lives in Abingdon with his partner and young son, is best known for his bold, bright art style.

His third book, ‘Who’s Tickling Tilly?’, features a dinosaur with a very long neck, who is being tickled by a mystery character.

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Rob Jones outside Mostly Books, Abingdon, holding his third children's book

Young readers are tasked with trekking through various prehistoric landscapes as they unfold the book page-by-page, meeting Tilly’s friends along the way, to discover the culprit.

Mr Jones’s debut children’s book, ‘Bernard’, was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal, one of the most prestigious prizes in children’s publishing, and his second, ‘Where’s Brian’s Bottom?’, introduced babies and toddlers to a fold-out format last year.

‘Who’s Tickling Tilly?’ has the same interactive style. It can be found in Mostly Books shop in Stert Steet, Abingdon and as well at The Wallingford Book Shop in St Martin’s Street, Wallingford.

Rob Jones outside Mostly Books, Abingdon, holding his third children's book

Mostly Books were “hugely supportive” of ‘Where’s Brian’s Bottom?’ last year and have planned for an event around Mr Jones’s latest release event at Abingdon Library on Tuesday, August 23 at 12.30pm.

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Families are invited to join the author for story time and “hands-on drawing fun”. An event is also being planned with Blackwells bookshop in Broad Street, Oxford.

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This story was written by Gee Harland, she joined the team in 2022 as a senior multimedia reporter.

Gee covers Wallingford, Wantage and Didcot.

Get in touch with her by emailing: Gee.harland@newsquest.co.uk

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