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Trish Cooke

 

Trish Cooke was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Her parents are from Dominica in the West Indies, "so I'm a Yorkshire lass who can speak Dominican patois." She comes from a large family with six sisters, three brothers, eight nephews, six nieces and one great-niece, all of whom provide her with the inspiration for her picture books: "there's always some conversation or other going on somewhere that I can eavesdrop on - language is very important to me. I love music and rhythms and when people talk it is as if sometimes, they are actually singing. I remember Sunday mornings, the smell of saltfish and Johnny cakes wafting up the stairs, Mum singing and Dad telling stories that were always true'."

Trish is a well-known presenter on the BBC's children's television programme Playdays. She has also appeared on You and Me and hosted the radio programme 12345. She has acted in and written plays for television and theatre and has also written for EastEnders.

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won the 1994 Kurt Maschler Award, the 0-5 category of the Smarties Book Prize and the 1995 She/WH Smith's Under Fives Book Prize. It was Highly Commended for the 1995 Kate Greenaway Medal and shortlisted for the 1995 Sheffield Children's Book Award and the Nottinghamshire Children's Book Award.

Trish lives in London with her son Kieron.

 

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