Author Kevin Crookes lives in Southampton, Hampshire with his two children who inspire his work and life. Kevin is a poet by nature. He began writing five years ago as he was walking along a beach. "Suddenly things started to go through my mind and I found myself thinking everything in rhyme." Once he started writing, it was impossible to stop, one poem turned to ten and so on. He has written over three hundred poems and growing. Kevin has published two poetry books called, AS IT IS, and STILL AS IT IS. Huxton the Hedgehog is the first in a series of six picture books for children. Huxton and