Two Little Bugs (2011) is a story about finding your wings.

In the same year Dreamboat Books published Mark's fourth book, The Silliest Dream - an ethereal and emotive poem beautifully illustrated by acrylics artist Ingrid Berzins. A 'snappily written, gorgeously illustrated' ( Canvas Magazine) account of a clever sheep outsmarting a gullible turkey, Baa Baa Smart Sheep was the recipient of the 2011 Children’s Choice award in the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards.

A sequel to Cork on the Ocean, Cork and the Bottle, was published by Random House in 2008.īaa Baa Smart Sheep (2010) was the first book to be published under Mark and Rowan Sommerset's new publishing imprint Dreamboat Books. The Herald on Sunday called it 'Beautiful, unique and charming', while John McIntyre on National Radio described the book as 'absolutely delightful'. It tells the story of a seahorse-riding, shark-evading, butterfly-befriending Cork as it sails across the open sea. Mark Sommerset's first book, Cork on the Ocean, was self-published in 2005 before Random House took the paperback rights in 2007. As a publisher as well as writer, Mark enjoys sharing his experience of self-publishing alongside the stories he creates.

These days, when he is not writing or spending time with his family, Mark is often busy running Dreamboat Books, an independent publishing business established with his wife and creative partner Rowan for the purpose of publishing their own work. He was born in Christchurch and attended Westlake Boys High School in Auckland, and graduated with a Bachelor of Management Studies from Waikato University. Over the years he has worn many hats including milk boy, barman, singer/songwriter, music consultant and copywriter. He lives on Waiheke Island with his wife Rowan Sommerset and son Linden. The sequel is called, 'I Love Lemonade.' Guess what it's about.Sommerset, Mark (1968 –) is a full-time children’s book author and publisher. He's after kids who will to to the limits with him.

Turkey is curious.what's that? You can see Sheep's wheels turning, and from that moment, the book becomes an awful 'will he? won't he?'Īnd just like kids do, the book pushes all the limits until they have tumbled down the hill, and Sheep has subtly convinced Quirky Turkey that the pile of perfectly a pile of Smarty tablets.Īdults are probably repelled by this book, but Sommerset doesn't care about us adults. Sheep is bored, and trouble is inevitable. There is a pile of poo on the very first page.we see it. Told entirely in dialogue bubbles.this would be fun to perform as Reader's Theater. You can tell from the start that there's history. Maybe I've spent too much time around kids and their sense of humor has rubbed off on me.

Baa Baa Smart Sheep by Mark Sommerset