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Born 10th April 1941 during a bombing raid on Belfast, children’s author Martin Waddell is a prolific children’s writer.
His books for younger children, which he said are written for pure enjoyment and amusement, have won some prestigus awards such as the Smarties Book Prize (Farmer Duck & Can't You Sleep, Little Bear?). He has also won the British Book Award’s Children’s illustrated Book of the Year, Best Babies Book of the Year, the Kurt Maschler Award and the Hans Christian Anderson Award in recognition of his contribution to children’s literature, to name but a few.
