Found You, Little Wombat!

About the Author

Angela McAllister is a published adapter, author, illustrator, and a narrator of many books for children of all ages. Her titles include Blue Rabbit, Jack and Lily and Digory and the Lost King. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages and have won numerous awards, including the Red House Book Award for Yuck! That's Not a Monster!, the Stockport and Portsmouth Awards for My Mum has X-Ray Vision and the Hampshire Illustrated Book Award for Winter's Child. Her picturebook, Leon and the Place Between was adapted for the stage and shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award. She has collaborated with many illustrators including Charles Fuge. Angela also writes as Lulu Frost.


Charles Fuge (Charlie to his friends) was brought up in Bath where a fanatical interest in wildlife translated into the drawing of animals. He won the Macmillan Prize in 1988 for Bush Vark’s First Day Out, which won the Mother Goose Award the following year. And a career in children’s book illustration began. He has since illustrated a raft of picture books including Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball which was runner-up for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2001. Since then Charles has illustrated many books, a number of which he has also written. His Little Wombat series has garnered international recognition for its warm and humorous depiction of an iconic marsupial.