Steven Appleby

The illustrator and author paints scenes from a 70-year-long career, including his work with Roald Dahl. With David Walliams, Joanna Lumley, Peter Capaldi, Ore Oduba and Michael Rosen.

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Another Christmas at Small Birds Singing and another disappointment for Spandisman. Join the fun with the Unbelievable family, Consommé, Delphinium and Hurtle as Spandisman attempts to make next Christmas the best one ever!

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Small Birds Singing is besieged by plastic bottles. Where have they come from? Who is to blame? As Consommé and Delphinium play croquet, Spandisman investigates…

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It is Easter at Small Birds Singing and the Unbelievable family are looking forward to their traditional Grand Egg Hunt. Every year Spandisman, Delphinium and Consommé hope to bag an easter egg or two, but this year it all ends in tragedy…

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Join the Unbelievable family — Spandisman, Consommé and Delphinium — for this darkly festive look at Christmas.

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Every day is Monday at the home of the Unbelievable family. Tiny elephants, arguing apples and a body in the hedge… just an ordinary day at Small Birds Singing.

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Captain Star was an animated television series starring Richard E. Grant as Captain Jim Star, based on a comic by Steven Appleby: Rockets Passing Overhead. Only thirteen episodes of thirty-minutes each were produced and aired. The series ran on the British ITV and Canadian TELETOON networks from 1997 to 1998. The show was also later repeated on Nickelodeon UK.

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