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Mike Barfield.

Writer · United Kingdom

Mike Barfield: British author of the A Day in the Life of… comic-format non-fiction series (with Jess Bradley on art) — funny-fact reluctant-reader books for ages 7–10.

Mike Barfield is a British author and cartoonist best known for the A Day in the Life of... comic-format non-fiction series (illustrated by Jess Bradley): A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You, …a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between, …an Astronaut, Mars and the Distant Stars, …Fossils, Fire and Other Fantastic Finds. Barfield's voice is fact-stuffed, joke-paced and gleeful, a strong fit for the children's reluctant-reader non-fiction shelf. He also writes poetry, comics for The Phoenix and other UK children's comics. A reliable funny-fact, comic-format non-fiction author for ages 7–10.