Jake And His Cousin Sidney

by Simon James

Meet the notorious Jake. He's difficult. He's a problem. But children and adults alike will love him! In Jake and his Cousin Sidney, Jake has to look after his baby cousin, and if there's one thing he doesn't like, it's babies! Big trouble is on the way! In The Day Jake Vacuumed Jake's parents find out that asking him to help with the housework probably wasn't such a good idea, and in Jake and the Babysitter no one who knows Jake will babysit for him. But tonight his parents have found him a new babysitter - and he's worse than Jake!

Simon James is the author and illustrator of a number of bestselling picture books. These include My Friend Whale; Sally and the Limpet; Dear Greenpeace and Leon and Bob, which was a Smarties Book Prize Silver Medal Winner. Simon has also compiled and illustrated a collection of small poems, Days Like This. He lives in Plymouth in Devon.