Books By Adam Wallace

Adam Wallace, James Hart, 2020

Seemingly innocuous, silly, gross and whatever else the name of these books implies, the Fartboy series, almost more than any other I’ve done, has seen me getting emails and letters from parents joyously stating their child had not enjoyed reading but now, after discovering Fartboy, have a love of reading and are searching for more and more books to read. That is it right there. That is the joy of writing. That is the secret sauce. Adults who want their children reading “literature” and who abhor comics or grossness or what children are actually hanging to read, are robbing their children of that potential lifelong love of reading. I was almost put off reading by being forced to read books I hated and found boring. It was thanks to my step-dad, who encouraged me to find books I loved and to read those, that I am a lifelong reader (3 books at once!). I write for children. If adults come along as well, that’s beautiful, but if not, well, it can’t be helped.

Adam Wallace, 2014

This started as a bit of fun with some kids at a school I was working at and ended up changing everything. I am not a natural drawer, but by breaking things down, I found I can actually put a picture together. Lo and behold, the same applies to lots of children (and adults!). Starting with Rhymes With Art through Rhymes With Sketching and others, and now to Draw Underwater Animals NOW and Draw Zoo Animals NOW, these books tell a rhyming story that, as you draw the simple steps of the story, becomes a cartoon animal!